Answer in brief
CVE-2026-6429 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in netrc credential leak with reused proxy connection. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic), curl/curl (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| curl/curlgeneric | >=7.14.0 <8.14.2 || >=8.15.0 <8.16.1 || >=8.17.0 <8.20.0 | 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.0 |
| curl/curlgeneric | >=01165e08e0d131b399fba2190f17af67e66f0888 <b4024bf808bd558026fdc6096e8457f199ace306 | b4024bf808bd558026fdc6096e8457f199ace306 |
| curl/curlgeneric | 8.19.0 || 8.18.0 || 8.17.0 || 8.16.0 || 8.15.0 || 8.14.1 || 8.14.0 || 8.13.0 || 8.12.1 || 8.12.0 || 8.11.1 || 8.11.0 || 8.10.1 || 8.10.0 || 8.9.1 || 8.9.0 || 8.8.0 || 8.7.1 || 8.7.0 || 8.6.0 || 8.5.0 || 8.4.0 || 8.3.0 || 8.2.1 || 8.2.0 || 8.1.2 || 8.1.1 || 8.1.0 || 8.0.1 || 8.0.0 || 7.88.1 || 7.88.0 || 7.87.0 || 7.86.0 || 7.85.0 || 7.84.0 || 7.83.1 || 7.83.0 || 7.82.0 || 7.81.0 || 7.80.0 || 7.79.1 || 7.79.0 || 7.78.0 || 7.77.0 || 7.76.1 || 7.76.0 || 7.75.0 || 7.74.0 || 7.73.0 || 7.72.0 || 7.71.1 || 7.71.0 || 7.70.0 || 7.69.1 || 7.69.0 || 7.68.0 || 7.67.0 || 7.66.0 || 7.65.3 || 7.65.2 || 7.65.1 || 7.65.0 || 7.64.1 || 7.64.0 || 7.63.0 || 7.62.0 || 7.61.1 || 7.61.0 || 7.60.0 || 7.59.0 || 7.58.0 || 7.57.0 || 7.56.1 || 7.56.0 || 7.55.1 || 7.55.0 || 7.54.1 || 7.54.0 || 7.53.1 || 7.53.0 || 7.52.1 || 7.52.0 || 7.51.0 || 7.50.3 || 7.50.2 || 7.50.1 || 7.50.0 || 7.49.1 || 7.49.0 || 7.48.0 || 7.47.1 || 7.47.0 || 7.46.0 || 7.45.0 || 7.44.0 || 7.43.0 || 7.42.1 || 7.42.0 || 7.41.0 || 7.40.0 || 7.39.0 || 7.38.0 || 7.37.1 || 7.37.0 || 7.36.0 || 7.35.0 || 7.34.0 || 7.33.0 || 7.32.0 || 7.31.0 || 7.30.0 || 7.29.0 || 7.28.1 || 7.28.0 || 7.27.0 || 7.26.0 || 7.25.0 || 7.24.0 || 7.23.1 || 7.23.0 || 7.22.0 || 7.21.7 || 7.21.6 || 7.21.5 || 7.21.4 || 7.21.3 || 7.21.2 || 7.21.1 || 7.21.0 || 7.20.1 || 7.20.0 || 7.19.7 || 7.19.6 || 7.19.5 || 7.19.4 || 7.19.3 || 7.19.2 || 7.19.1 || 7.19.0 || 7.18.2 || 7.18.1 || 7.18.0 || 7.17.1 || 7.17.0 || 7.16.4 || 7.16.3 || 7.16.2 || 7.16.1 || 7.16.0 || 7.15.5 || 7.15.4 || 7.15.3 || 7.15.2 || 7.15.1 || 7.15.0 || 7.14.1 || 7.14.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 13, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 15, 2026
When asked to both use a `.netrc` file for credentials and to follow HTTP redirects, libcurl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.