Information disclosure in cURL - CVE-2026-6429

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Information disclosure in cURL - CVE-2026-6429

Published: April 29, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU128456
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-6429
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application when reused proxy connection. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

cURL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
curl
curl-debuginfo
curl-debugsource
libcurl
libcurl-devel
curl-help
curl (Ubuntu package)
libcurl4
libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit
libcurl4-32bit
libcurl4-debuginfo
curl-doc
curl-minimal
libcurl-minimal
curl-zsh-completion
curl-fish-completion
libcurl-devel-doc
libcurl-devel-32bit
libcurl4-64bit
libcurl-devel-64bit
libcurl4-32bit-debuginfo
curl-mini-debugsource
libcurl-mini4-debuginfo
libcurl-mini4
libcurl4-64bit-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2026-6429

Install updates from vendor's website.

cURL - update to 8.20.0
curl - addressed in versions 7.71.1-48, 7.79.1-49, 8.4.0-29, 8.4.0-30
curl-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.71.1-48, 7.79.1-49, 8.4.0-29, 8.4.0-30
curl-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.71.1-48, 7.79.1-49, 8.4.0-29, 8.4.0-30
libcurl - addressed in versions 7.71.1-48, 7.79.1-49, 8.4.0-29, 8.4.0-30
libcurl-devel - addressed in versions 7.71.1-48, 7.79.1-49, 8.4.0-29, 8.4.0-30
curl-help - addressed in versions 7.71.1-48, 7.79.1-49, 8.4.0-29, 8.4.0-30
curl (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24, 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9, 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3, 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1
libcurl4 - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
curl-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit - update to 8.0.1-11.123.1
libcurl4-32bit - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
curl-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
curl - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl-devel - addressed in versions 8.0.1-11.123.1, 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
curl-doc - update to 8.4.0-24
curl - update to 8.4.0-24
curl-minimal - update to 8.4.0-24
libcurl - update to 8.4.0-24
libcurl-devel - update to 8.4.0-24
libcurl-minimal - update to 8.4.0-24
curl-zsh-completion - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
curl-fish-completion - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl-devel-doc - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl4-64bit - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl4-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
curl-mini-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl-mini4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl-mini4 - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1
libcurl4-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.14.1-150400.5.83.1, 8.14.1-150600.4.43.1

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