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RHSA-2026:34975

Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Released 2026-07-02 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →

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Fixes 23 records

TI-2026-10231 CVE-2026-11856 · GHSA-9crq-qh8v-6xmm

cross-origin Digest auth state leak

Priority HIGH 82

Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer to a specific HTTP origin (`hostA`) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the origin to a different one (`hostB`) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, mak…

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00688 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-294
TI-2026-07976 CVE-2026-9079 · GHSA-f4cv-xm48-3694

stale proxy password leak

Priority HIGH 82

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.

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.01064 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-522
TI-2026-07845 CVE-2026-8925 · GHSA-p8x5-c6c9-8cwx

SASL double-free

Priority HIGH 82

The curl logic that works with SASL authentication could end up cleaning up the GSASL context *twice* without clearing the pointer in between, making it `free()` the same pointer twice.

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0108 Published 2026-07-03 Fixed in 8.16.1, 8.20.1 CWE-415
TI-2026-07844 CVE-2026-8924 · GHSA-hm6c-rc5h-32m9

trailing dot domain super cookie

Priority HIGH 80

A flaw in curl’s cookie parsing logic allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" that bypass the Public Suffix List check.

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00661 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-201
TI-2026-09987 CVE-2026-11564 · GHSA-hf82-6jff-f22v

Native CA trust persist

Priority HIGH 74

libcurl keeps previously used connections in a connection pool for subsequent transfers to reuse if one of them matches the setup.

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0061 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.20.1 CWE-295
TI-2026-07847 CVE-2026-8927 · GHSA-jr4f-4564-w3mr

env-set cross-proxy Digest auth state leak

Priority HIGH 74

When reusing a libcurl handle for sequential transfers driven by environment-variable proxy configuration, libcurl fails to clear the proxy authentication state between requests.

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.005 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-294
TI-2026-07846 CVE-2026-8926 · GHSA-vw2x-3w8j-rq82

password leak with netrc and user in URL

Priority HIGH 74

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://[email protected]/`, curl could wrongly get and use the password for *a…

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00444 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-522
TI-2026-10395 CVE-2026-12064 · GHSA-jm94-9f7h-36pr

proto-default skips SSH verification

Priority HIGH 72

When a user invokes curl using a schemeless URL combined with `--proto-default` sftp (or scp), a disconnect occurs between the tool layer and libcurl.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00414 Published 2026-07-03 Fixed in 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-297
TI-2026-09799 CVE-2026-11352 · GHSA-qxwx-hr5v-h5q4

QUIC zero-length UDP datagrams busy-loop

Priority HIGH 72

An issue in curl’s QUIC UDP receive function allows a malicious HTTP/3 server to trigger a remote denial of service against a curl or libcurl client.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0101 Published 2026-07-03 Fixed in 8.20.1 CWE-835
TI-2026-08388 CVE-2026-9546 · GHSA-25rx-86v8-32c6

sending old referer

Priority HIGH 72

A vulnerability in libcurl caused the HTTP `Referer:` header to persist even when explicitly cleared.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00652 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.20.1 CWE-200
Priority HIGH 72

libcurl would reuse a previously created connection even when some mTLS config related option had been changed that should have prohibited reuse.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00396 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-305
TI-2026-07977 CVE-2026-9080 · GHSA-hf34-v47h-w6m3

UAF after pause in socket callback

Priority HIGH 71

Calling `curl_easy_pause()` within the event-based `CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION` callback triggers a use-after-free vulnerability, where libcurl attempts to store a flag using a dangling struct pointer immediately after that…

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00494 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-416
TI-2026-07301 CVE-2026-8286 · GHSA-32xh-3x3c-6g6h

wrong STARTTLS connection reuse

Priority HIGH 70

A vulnerability exists where a new transfer that uses STARTTLS to upgrade the connection might reuse an existing live connection even though the TLS configuration mismatches so it should not.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1 Network Low privileges No interaction EPSS 0.00309 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-295
TI-2026-08389 CVE-2026-9547 · GHSA-xq9p-gxg6-f7q6

SSH improper host validation

Priority HIGH 68

When a libcurl-based application performs transfers via `SCP://` or `SFTP://` and utilizes the `CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION` callback, it may silently accept an untrusted server.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00361 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-297
TI-2026-07430 CVE-2026-8458 · GHSA-88c6-6jfq-mm4q

wrong reuse for different services

Priority MEDIUM 62

libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection when asked to do Negotiate-authenticated ones, even when they are set to use different "services".

CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5 Network Low privileges No interaction EPSS 0.00371 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.14.2, 8.16.1 +1 CWE-488
TI-2026-10006 CVE-2026-11586 · GHSA-c68q-h477-5646

WS Auto-PONG memory exhaustion

Priority MEDIUM 40

By default, curl automatically responds to WebSocket PING frames.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0086 Published 2026-07-03 Partial fix · 8.16.1, 8.20.1 CWE-770