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CVE-2026-6429

medium CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.5%

When asked to both use a `.netrc` file for credentials and to follow HTTP redirects, libcurl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances.

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Software versions checked with the free lookup that CVE-2026-6429 applies to, and the release that fixes it where the sources name one.

At a glance

Severity
Medium
CVSS base score
5.3 out of 10
Known exploited
Not in CISA's catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities
EPSS
0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of scored vulnerabilities
Weakness
CWE-200
Published
2026-05-13

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