Findings

CVE-2026-7168

Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer over a specific HTTP proxy ( ) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the proxy host to a second one ( ) for a se…

Published May 13, 2026 · updated Sep 15, 2026 · haxx curl

Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer over a specific HTTP proxy ( ) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the proxy host to a second one ( ) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the header field meant for , to .

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  1. May 13, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer over a specific HTTP proxy ( ) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the proxy host to a second one ( ) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the header field meant for , to .

  2. Sep 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer over a specific HTTP proxy ( ) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the proxy host to a second one ( ) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the header field meant for , to .

Affected

  • cpe haxx/curlversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7168

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7168

    Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer over a specific HTTP proxy ( ) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the proxy host to a second one ( ) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the he

    nvd.nist.gov

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