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CVE-2026-11856

Description
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`.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-11856
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
curl
Reserved
2026-06-10 08:59 UTC
Published
2026-07-03 06:13 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-03 06:13 UTC
Vendor / Product
curl / curl
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

No CVSS data available.

Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
curl curl 8.20.0 ≤ 8.20.0, 8.19.0 ≤ 8.19.0, 8.18.0 ≤ 8.18.0, 8.17.0 ≤ 8.17.0 …
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
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