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.
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.
Published:
2026-07-03
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| curl | curl | unaffected |
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
 Ubuntu USN |
USN-8487-1 | curl vulnerabilities |
References
History
Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| Title | password leak with netrc and user in URL | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: curl
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-03T06:15:45.735Z
Reserved: 2026-05-19T08:11:58.393Z
Link: CVE-2026-8926
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