Bug 2496760 (CVE-2026-8926)

Summary:	CVE-2026-8926 curl: curl: Information disclosure via incorrect .netrc password lookup
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dbosanac, jreimann, mdessi, mrizzi, pcattana, rhel-process-autobot, sdawley, watson-tool-maintainers
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in curl. When curl is configured to use a .netrc file for credentials and a URL is provided with a username but no password, curl may incorrectly retrieve and use the password for a different user from the .netrc file for the same host. This could lead to unauthorized information disclosure, as curl might connect using unintended credentials.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2497475, 2497476, 2497477
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-03 07:01:41 UTC

When asking curl to use a `.netrc` file to find credentials and at the same
time specifying a URL with a username(without a password), like
`https://user@example.com/`, curl could wrongly get and use the password for
*another* user set in the `.netrc` file for that host if such a one exists and
there is no match for the specified user.