{
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "id": "CURL-CVE-2026-94266",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-94266"
  ],
  "summary": "password leak in CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL",
  "modified": "2026-09-17T12:57:32.00Z",
  "database_specific": {
    "package": "curl",
    "affects": "both",
    "URL": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-94266.json",
    "www": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-94266.html",
    "issue": "https://hackerone.com/reports/4041053",
    "CWE": {
      "id": "CWE-522",
      "desc": "Insufficiently Protected Credentials"
    },
    "last_affected": "8.22.0",
    "severity": "Low"
  },
  "published": "2026-10-14T08:00:00.00Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
           "type": "SEMVER",
           "events": [
             {"introduced": "7.62.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.14.3"},
             {"introduced": "8.15.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.16.2"},
             {"introduced": "8.17.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.20.2"},
             {"introduced": "8.21.0"},
             {"fixed": "8.23.0"}
           ]
        },
        {
           "type": "GIT",
           "repo": "https://github.com/curl/curl.git",
           "events": [
             {"introduced": "46e164069d1a5230e4e64cbd2ff46c46cce056bb"},
             {"fixed": "7a6bd027d0de2b6857472d35da090ef60cc29f19"}
           ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.22.0", "8.21.0", "8.20.0", "8.19.0", "8.18.0", "8.17.0", "8.16.0", 
        "8.15.0", "8.14.1", "8.14.0", "8.13.0", "8.12.1", "8.12.0", "8.11.1", 
        "8.11.0", "8.10.1", "8.10.0", "8.9.1", "8.9.0", "8.8.0", "8.7.1", 
        "8.7.0", "8.6.0", "8.5.0", "8.4.0", "8.3.0", "8.2.1", "8.2.0", 
        "8.1.2", "8.1.1", "8.1.0", "8.0.1", "8.0.0", "7.88.1", "7.88.0", 
        "7.87.0", "7.86.0", "7.85.0", "7.84.0", "7.83.1", "7.83.0", "7.82.0", 
        "7.81.0", "7.80.0", "7.79.1", "7.79.0", "7.78.0", "7.77.0", "7.76.1", 
        "7.76.0", "7.75.0", "7.74.0", "7.73.0", "7.72.0", "7.71.1", "7.71.0", 
        "7.70.0", "7.69.1", "7.69.0", "7.68.0", "7.67.0", "7.66.0", "7.65.3", 
        "7.65.2", "7.65.1", "7.65.0", "7.64.1", "7.64.0", "7.63.0", "7.62.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Joshua Rogers (Aisle Research)",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel Stenberg",
      "type": "REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER"
    }
  ],
  "details": "libcurl could accidentally return a URL for `curl_easy_getinfo()`'s\n`CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL` option containing credentials, even though neither\nthe URL provided to libcurl nor the redirected URL did."
}