PT-2026-51749

CVE-2026-8926

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Published

2026-06-24

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Updated

2026-10-19

Description by

CVSS 3.1
9.1
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions curl (affected versions not specified)
Description When configured to use a .netrc file for credentials while simultaneously specifying a URL containing a username but no password (e.g., https://user@example.com/), the software may incorrectly retrieve and use the password of a different user defined in the .netrc file for that host, provided no match for the specified user exists.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
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Related identifiers
ALSA-2026:69125
AZL-91821
CLSA-2026-1786091577
CLSA-2026-1786094315
ECHO-6702-280A-9A7B
JLSEC-2026-1215
OESA-2026-3170
OESA-2026-3171
OESA-2026-3172
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21774-1
RHSA-2026:29017
RHSA-2026:34975
SUSE-SU-2026:23350-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23361-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23498-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23638-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3798-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3958-1
SUSE-SU-2026:4047-1
USN-8487-1
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