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GHSA-VW2X-3W8J-RQ82

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-03 09:31 – Updated: 2026-07-06 18:30

Details

When asking curl to use a .netrc file to find credentials and at the same time specifying a URL with a username(without a password), like https://user@example.com/, curl could wrongly get and use the password for another user set in the .netrc file for that host if such a one exists and there is no match for the specified user.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-vw2x-3w8j-rq82",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T18:30:47Z",
  "published": "2026-07-03T09:31:27Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3735184"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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}

CVE-2026-8926 (GCVE-0-2026-8926)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 06:15 – Updated: 2026-07-06 17:02

Title

password leak with netrc and user in URL

Summary

When asking curl to use a `.netrc` file to find credentials and at the same time specifying a URL with a username(without a password), like `https://user@example.com/`, curl could wrongly get and use the password for *another* user set in the `.netrc` file for that host if such a one exists and there is no match for the specified user.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Assigner

curl

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.json
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.html
https://hackerone.com/reports/3735184

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
curl	curl	Affected: 8.20.0 , ≤ 8.20.0 (semver) Affected: 8.19.0 , ≤ 8.19.0 (semver) Affected: 8.18.0 , ≤ 8.18.0 (semver) Affected: 8.17.0 , ≤ 8.17.0 (semver) Affected: 8.16.0 , ≤ 8.16.0 (semver) Affected: 8.15.0 , ≤ 8.15.0 (semver) Affected: 8.14.1 , ≤ 8.14.1 (semver) Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver) Affected: 8.13.0 , ≤ 8.13.0 (semver) Affected: 8.12.1 , ≤ 8.12.1 (semver) Affected: 8.12.0 , ≤ 8.12.0 (semver) Affected: 8.11.1 , ≤ 8.11.1 (semver)

Credits

Joshua Rogers (Aisle Research) Stefan Eissing

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Sightings

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-VW2X-3W8J-RQ82

CVE-2026-8926 (GCVE-0-2026-8926)

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