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://[email protected]/`, 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
curl curl unaffected
Version Status Constraints
8.20.0 affected ≤ 8.20.0
8.19.0 affected ≤ 8.19.0
8.18.0 affected ≤ 8.18.0
8.17.0 affected ≤ 8.17.0
8.16.0 affected ≤ 8.16.0
8.15.0 affected ≤ 8.15.0
8.14.1 affected ≤ 8.14.1
8.14.0 affected ≤ 8.14.0
8.13.0 affected ≤ 8.13.0
8.12.1 affected ≤ 8.12.1
8.12.0 affected ≤ 8.12.0
8.11.1 affected ≤ 8.11.1

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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8487-1 curl vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-8926.html cve-icon
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History

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Curl
Curl curl
Vendors & Products Curl
Curl curl

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://[email protected]/`, 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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cve-icon 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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Updated: 2026-07-03T07:45:03Z

Weaknesses

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