CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-8926

CriticalCVSS 9.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.44%

38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs

Summary

When curl uses a .netrc file for credentials and a URL with a username (without password) is specified, curl may wrongly retrieve and use the password of another user from .netrc for that host if no match exists for the specified user.

Risk Assessment

This can result in the use of incorrect credentials, leading to unauthorized access or disclosure of another user's password.

Recommendation

Update curl to a patched version or avoid combining .netrc with URLs that include a username without a password.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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://[email protected]/`, 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS