CVE-2026-9079 PUBLISHED

stale proxy password leak

Assigner: curl
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 03.07.2026 Updated: 03.07.2026

libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication credentials which made it not do so, leaving the old credentials around to get used for subsequent transfers that should not know nor use them.

Product Status

Vendor curl
Product curl
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8.20.0 to 8.20.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.19.0 to 8.19.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.18.0 to 8.18.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.17.0 to 8.17.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.16.0 to 8.16.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.15.0 to 8.15.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.14.1 to 8.14.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.14.0 to 8.14.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.13.0 to 8.13.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.12.1 to 8.12.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.12.0 to 8.12.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.11.1 to 8.11.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.11.0 to 8.11.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.10.1 to 8.10.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.10.0 to 8.10.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.9.1 to 8.9.1 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.9.0 to 8.9.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.8.0 to 8.8.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Guancheng Li finder
  • Daniel Stenberg remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials