{"cve":"CVE-2026-9079","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-03T07:16:25.620","modified":"2026-09-15T07:16:34.597","status":"Modified","description":"libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication\ncredentials which made it not do so, leaving the old credentials around to get\nused for subsequent transfers that should not know nor use them.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-522"],"references":["https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.html","https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.json","https://hackerone.com/reports/3750295","https://hackerone.com/reports/3750295"],"products":["haxx:curl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:42:16.820116992+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-9079","score":0.01064,"percentile":0.64688,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}