curl might erroneously pass on credentials for a first proxy to a second proxy. This can happen when the following conditions are true: 1. curl is setup to use specific different proxies for differ…
Medium CVSS 5.9
Summary
curl might erroneously pass on credentials for a first proxy to a second proxy. This can happen when the following conditions are true: 1. curl is setup to use specific different proxies for different URL schemes 2. the first proxy needs credentials 3. the second proxy uses no credentials 4. while using the first proxy (using say `http://`), curl is asked to follow a redirect to a URL using another scheme (say `https://`), accessed using a second, different, proxy
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- :
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-6253.html Patch
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-6253.json Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3669637 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/11 Mailing List
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3669637 Exploit
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD