Answer in brief
CVE-2026-9079 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in stale proxy password leak. 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 9.8. 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.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| curl/curlgeneric | >=8.8.0 <8.14.2 || >=8.15.0 <8.16.1 || >=8.17.0 <8.20.1 | 8.14.2, 8.16.1, 8.20.1 |
| curl/curlgeneric | >=d5e83eb745762f48d8fafadc5df5dd3ae8d8941e <88c7e16cceec816a2df45c899d49b1e85513f193 | 88c7e16cceec816a2df45c899d49b1e85513f193 |
| curl/curlgeneric | 8.20.0 || 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 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 3, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 3, 2026
libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication credentials which made it not do so, leaving the old credentials around to get used for subsequent transfers that should not know nor use them.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.