Summary
The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.
Security Fix(es):
* curl: curl: Cookie injection via malicious HTTP server using super cookies (CVE-2026-8924)
* curl: curl: Information disclosure via incorrect Digest authentication header reuse (CVE-2026-11856)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | curl | 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | curl-minimal | 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | libcurl | 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | libcurl-devel | 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | libcurl-minimal | 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Critical 9.8
cross-origin Digest auth state leak
Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer to a specific HTTP origin (`hostA`) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the origin to a different one (`hostB`) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the `Authori…
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Critical 9.1
trailing dot domain super cookie
A flaw in curl’s cookie parsing logic allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" that bypass the Public Suffix List check. This enables an attacker-controlled origin to inject cookies that curl subsequently scopes and transmits to unrelated third-p…