Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Unscored USN-8227-1 0 CVEs

curl vulnerabilities

Published May 4, 2026 · Updated May 20, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that curl incorrectly reused non-TLS connections when
TLS was required in some STARTTLS configurations. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-4873)

It was discovered that curl incorrectly reused certain HTTP Negotiate
connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2026-5545)

It was discovered that curl incorrectly reused certain SMB connections. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2026-5773)

It was discovered that curl could leak proxy credentials when handling
redirects in some configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-6253)

It was discovered that curl could leak cookies because of stale custom
cookie host handling in some requests. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-6276)

It was discovered that curl could leak .netrc credentials when reusing
proxy connections in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-6429)

It was discovered that curl could leak Digest authentication state when
switching proxies in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-7168)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS curl 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9
Ubuntu · 25.10 curl 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS curl 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-4873
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5545
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5773
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6253
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6276
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6429
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-7168