curl leaks Negotiate credentials to unrelated origin on redirect
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-201.
Summary
curl versions 8.21.0 and 8.22.0 are affected. When an ambient user performs a Negotiate authentication transfer that follows redirects, curl can send its credential details to an unrelated second origin (CWE-201). A remote attacker who controls the redirect target can receive those credentials without privileges or user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
When using an *ambient user* in a first transfer doing Negotiate authentication and asked to follow redirects, curl could pass on its credential details to an unrelated second origin when asked to redirect there.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed curl version is listed. Red Hat lists Red Hat Hardened Images as fixed in RHSA-2026:82895, released 2026-10-14.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:82895 Released 2026-10-14 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images curl-8.23.0-0.1.hum1@aarch64, curl-8.23.0-0.1.hum1@s390x, curl-8.23.0-0.1.hum1@src +10
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:82895 |
Not affected: 8 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 Hardened Images
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services
- Red Hat Satellite 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86413
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-x2p4-rxj5-99w6
- 2026-10-22 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-30 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
- 2026-10-31 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
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- TI-2026-09063 HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAF CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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- TI-2026-07845 SASL double-free CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-86413 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86413 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2p4-rxj5-99w6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-86413 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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