CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-9079
Critical (9.8) in haxx curl. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-522
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- haxx:curl