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Critical 9.8Published Jul 3, 2026

CVE-2026-11856Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer to a specific HTTP origin (`hostA`) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the origin to a different one (`hostB`) for a second transfer, reusing…

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer to a specific HTTP origin (`hostA`) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the origin to a different one (`hostB`) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the `Authorization:` header field meant for `hostA`, to `hostB`.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-294
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Sep 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
haxx curl
haxx:curl
from 7.10.6 before 8.21.0
NVD

References

  • patch, vendor-advisory
  • vendor-advisory
  • exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory

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