Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update
Affects Red Hat curlSource GCVE Database
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 17 Aug 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 that fixes this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 should apply the curl update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:55432 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the information disclosure issue. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-8927) affecting the curl packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 has been addressed. The flaw involves information disclosure caused by an uncleared proxy authentication state. Red Hat has issued an important security update to fix this issue in curl. The update is available for multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Users are advised to apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory.