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Medium 5.9Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2026-6253proxy credentials leak over redirect-to proxy

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects curl and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

curl might erroneously pass on credentials for a first proxy to a second proxy. This can happen when the following conditions are true: 1. curl is setup to use specific different proxies for different URL schemes 2. the first proxy needs credentials 3. the second proxy uses no credentials 4. while using the first proxy (using say `http://`), curl is asked to follow a redirect to a URL using another scheme (say `https://`), accessed using a second, different, proxy

CVSS
5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
curl
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Sep 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
curl curl
curl:curl (from the name)
from 7.14.1 before 8.14.2; from 8.15.0 before 8.16.1; from 8.17.0 before 8.20.0
CNA record
haxx curl
haxx:curl
from 7.14.1 before 8.20.0
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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