CVE-2026-9079
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in cURL to bypass security measures, disclose confidential information, manipulate data, or cause a Denial-of-Service condition.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in cURL to bypass security measures, disclose confidential information, manipulate data, or cause a Denial-of-Service condition.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of cURL are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as the vulnerabilities can lead to various security issues but are not currently exploited.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of cURL.
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Exploitation outlook
- Moderate exploitation risk1.1% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 61% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (4)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] cURL: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-03
- criticalCVE-2026-9079: libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication credentials which made it…nvd · 2026-07-03
- unknownCVE-2026-9079: stale proxy password leakmsrc · 2026-07-02
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in cURL and libcurl (June 24, 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-06-24
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