TI-2026-07976 Aliases CVE-2026-9079 GHSA-f4cv-xm48-3694

stale proxy password leak

HIGH 82CWE-522Published 2026-07-03 · Updated 2026-09-15

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 7 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-522.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01064 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial curl (curl): 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 7 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
curl	curl	8.8.0 to before 8.14.2; 8.15.0 to before 8.16.1; 8.17.0 to before 8.20.1	8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1	Patch available	CNA
curl	curl	8.20.0; 8.19.0; 8.18.0; 8.17.0; 8.16.0; 8.15.0; 8.14.1; 8.14.0; 8.13.0; 8.12.1; 8.12.0; 8.11.1; 8.11.0; 8.10.1; 8.10.0; 8.9.1; 8.9.0; 8.8.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

curl Vendorcurl Affected 8.8.0 to before 8.14.2; 8.15.0 to before 8.16.1; 8.17.0 to before 8.20.1 Fixed in 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1 Patch available CNA
curl Vendorcurl Affected 8.20.0; 8.19.0; 8.18.0; 8.17.0; 8.16.0; 8.15.0; 8.14.1; 8.14.0; 8.13.0; 8.12.1; 8.12.0; 8.11.1; 8.11.0; 8.10.1; 8.10.0; 8.9.1; 8.9.0; 8.8.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl::::::::	8.8.0 to before 8.21.0	Vulnerable	Haxx

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.8.0 to before 8.21.0 Vulnerable ·Haxx

Remediation

Fix · CNA curl (curl) Fixed in 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1

Red Hat 6 advisories

RHSA-2026:79357 Released 2026-10-08 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise container image update
- Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1 registry.redhat.io/costmanagement/costmanagement-ui-rhel10
RHSA-2026:72506 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Important
curl security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) libcurl-devel-8.12.1-1.el10_0.10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) curl-8.12.1-1.el10_0.10, libcurl-8.12.1-1.el10_0.10, libcurl-minimal-8.12.1-1.el10_0.10
RHSA-2026:69125 Released 2026-09-21 · Red Hat rating Important
curl security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) libcurl-devel-8.12.1-4.el10_2.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) curl-8.12.1-4.el10_2.6, libcurl-8.12.1-4.el10_2.6, libcurl-minimal-8.12.1-4.el10_2.6

Show 3 more Red Hat advisories

RHSA-2026:56869 Released 2026-08-19 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 SP5 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5
RHSA-2026:34975 Released 2026-07-02 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images cargo-1.96.1-1.hum1@aarch64, cargo-1.96.1-1.hum1@x86_64, clippy-1.96.1-1.hum1@aarch64 +36
RHSA-2026:29017 Released 2026-06-24 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images curl-8.21.0-0.1.hum1@aarch64, curl-8.21.0-0.1.hum1@src, curl-8.21.0-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +6

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-07-03
curl 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1
13 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 12 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-10231 cross-origin Digest auth state leakPriority HIGH 82
- TI-2026-09063 HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAFPriority HIGH 82
- TI-2026-07844 trailing dot domain super cookiePriority HIGH 80
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Confidential Compute Attestation	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat JBoss Core Services	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1	Fixed	RHSA-2026:79357
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2026:69125
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)	Fixed	RHSA-2026:72506
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2026:69125
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0)	Fixed	RHSA-2026:72506
Red Hat Hardened Images	Fixed	RHSA-2026:29017, RHSA-2026:34975
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5	Fixed	RHSA-2026:56869

Not affected: 7 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9079
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4cv-xm48-3694
2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:56869 · Red Hat
2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:79357 · Red Hat
2026-10-09 Fix available: Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1, Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5 · Red Hat
2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

TI-2023-19922 Out-of-bounds write in curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-16162 Negotiate ambient user conn reuse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-10231 cross-origin Digest auth state leak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-09063 HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAF CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-07845 SASL double-free CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-77670 Credential leak in curl redirects to URLs with userinfo CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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