Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting libcurl package, versions [8.11.1,8.21.0)
Threat Intelligence
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- published3 Jul 2026
- disclosed3 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-8926 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libcurl to version 8.21.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials in the process that handles .netrc credential retrieval when a URL is specified with a username but without a password. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information by exploiting the incorrect association of passwords from the .netrc file for a different user on the same host.