Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update
Affects Red Hat curlSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 16:09 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for curl (version 7.76.1-40.el9_8.7) that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply this update promptly to remediate the issues. Detailed update instructions are available in the Red Hat advisory and knowledge base article. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official fix.
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for curl packages addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-8458, an unauthorized connection reuse due to a logical error in libcurl, and CVE-2026-8927, an information disclosure caused by uncleared proxy authentication state. These issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. Users are advised to apply the provided update to remediate these vulnerabilities.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69126 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496764 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496769 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_69126.json (opens in a new tab)