Medium 5.3Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2026-7168cross-proxy Digest auth state leak

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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: curl
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Sep 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

curl curl curl:curl (from the name)	from 7.12.0 before 8.14.2; from 8.15.0 before 8.16.1; from 8.17.0 before 8.20.0	CNA record
haxx curl haxx:curl	from 7.12.0 before 8.20.0	NVD

References

References

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7168.json	vendor-advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7168.html	patch, vendor-advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/3697719	exploit, issue-tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/14	mailing-list, patch

The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry

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