{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-07-03T06:16:51Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "libcurl: libcurl: Information disclosure due to failure to clear proxy authentication credentials",
    "id" : "2496771",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496771"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-212",
  "details" : [ "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.", "A flaw was found in curl. When libcurl is instructed to clear proxy authentication credentials, it fails to do so, leaving the old credentials available. This could lead to the unintended reuse of sensitive proxy authentication credentials for subsequent network transfers, potentially resulting in unauthorized access or information disclosure." ],
  "statement" : "Important: A flaw in libcurl's proxy authentication credential management can lead to information disclosure. There are no integrity or availability risks posed by this flaw.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5",
    "release_date" : "2026-08-19T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:56869",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1",
    "package" : "libcurl-1.dll"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-06-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:29017",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "curl-main-8.21.0-0.1.hum1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-07-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:34975",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "rust-main-1.96.1-1.hum1"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Confidential Compute Attestation",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "build-of-trustee/trustee-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Confidential Compute Attestation",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "curl",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "igvm",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "rust",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "s390utils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "snphost",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "trustee",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "trustee-guest-components",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "curl",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "curl",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "curl",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "dotnet8.0",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "curl",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "rust",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "snphost",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "trustee-guest-components",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "rust",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat JBoss Core Services",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "libcurl.so",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "devspaces/code-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_devspaces:3"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "rhtpa/rhtpa-trustification-service-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:trusted_profile_analyzer:2"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9079\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9079\nhttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.html\nhttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-9079.json\nhttps://hackerone.com/reports/3750295" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-9079",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}