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Echo: curl: security update to 1:8.22.0-1+e1

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476131

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - libcurl had a flaw that when instructed to clear proxy authentication credentials which made it not do so,
 leaving the old credentials around to get used for subsequent transfers that should not know nor use them.
 (CVE-2026-9079)

Solution

Update the curl library and its related packages to version 1:8.22.0-1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-9079

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 476131

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/18/2026

Updated: 10/18/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.38

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-9079

IAVA: 2026-A-0627-S