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CVE-2026-8926

Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-8926
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
curl
Reserved
2026-05-19 08:11 UTC
Published
2026-07-03 06:15 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-03 06:15 UTC
Vendor / Product
curl / curl
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

No CVSS data available.

Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
curl curl 8.20.0 ≤ 8.20.0, 8.19.0 ≤ 8.19.0, 8.18.0 ≤ 8.18.0, 8.17.0 ≤ 8.17.0 …
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
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