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://user@example.com/`, curl could wrongly get and us…
Critical CVSS 9.1
Summary
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://user@example.com/`, curl could wrongly get and use the password for *another* user set in the `.netrc` file for that host if such a one exists and there is no match for the specified user.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.html Patch
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.json Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3735184 Exploit
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3735184 Exploit
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD