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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9079

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 u...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:13 curl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 curl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.21.0~rc2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org