CVE-2026-6253

Publication date 29 April 2026

Last updated 21 May 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

curl might erroneously pass on credentials for a first proxy to a second proxy. This can happen when the following conditions are true: 1. curl is setup to use specific different proxies for different URL schemes 2. the first proxy needs credentials 3. the second proxy uses no credentials 4. while using the first proxy (using say `http://`), curl is asked to follow a redirect to a URL using another scheme (say `https://`), accessed using a second, different, proxy

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Mitigation

Avoid using proxies with credentials.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable

Notes

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Introduced-in: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/3b60bb725913ce

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
curl	Upstream: 188c2f1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.9 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-