CVE-2026-8926

Publication date 24 June 2026

Last updated 26 June 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

Why is this CVE low priority?

Upstream defined this as low severity

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
curl 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Patch details

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