Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update
Affects Red Hat curlSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:06 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Jan 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for curl in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that addresses CVE-2025-9086. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A moderate severity security vulnerability (CVE-2025-9086) was identified in the curl utility and libcurl library used for file transfers over multiple protocols. The flaw is an out-of-bounds read related to cookie path handling. Red Hat has issued an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address this issue. Users should apply the provided security update to remediate the vulnerability.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1350 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2394750 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-129493 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_1350.json (opens in a new tab)