CVE-2026-8926password leak with netrc and user in URL
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- 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
References
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.jsonvendor-advisory
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.htmlpatch, vendor-advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3735184exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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