Privilege Esc Escalation: libcurl Fails to Clear Proxy Auth Credentials
CVE-2026-9079 Published on July 3, 2026

stale proxy password leak
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.

NVD


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Affected Versions

curl: