ubuntu-cve-2026-8926
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-06-24 14:00
Modified
2026-07-09 15:15
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "curl",
            "binary_version": "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcurl3t64-gnutls",
            "binary_version": "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcurl4t64",
            "binary_version": "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.4"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "Upstream defined this as low severity"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "curl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@8.14.1-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.12.1-3ubuntu1",
        "8.13.0-5ubuntu1",
        "8.14.1-1ubuntu2",
        "8.14.1-1ubuntu3",
        "8.14.1-2ubuntu1",
        "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.1",
        "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.2",
        "8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "curl",
            "binary_version": "8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcurl3t64-gnutls",
            "binary_version": "8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcurl4t64",
            "binary_version": "8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "Upstream defined this as low severity"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "curl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.18.0-1ubuntu2.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.14.1-2ubuntu1",
        "8.17.0-1ubuntu1",
        "8.18.0-1ubuntu1",
        "8.18.0-1ubuntu2",
        "8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8926",
  "modified": "2026-07-09T15:15:43Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T14:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8926"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8926"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://curl.se/L7HzKXisfJ/CVE-2026-8926.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8487-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-8487-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-8926"
  ]
}



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