CVE-2026-9079

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Publication date:

03/07/2026

Last modified:

07/07/2026

Description

libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication<br /> credentials which made it not do so, leaving the old credentials around to get<br /> used for subsequent transfers that should not know nor use them.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High