CVE-2026-6429 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package curl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CURL-16335496
  • published1 May 2026
  • disclosed13 May 2026

Introduced: 1 May 2026

CVE-2026-6429  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Ubuntu.

When asked to both use a .netrc file for credentials and to follow HTTP redirects, libcurl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances.