Medium severity · published May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-7168
cross-proxy Digest auth state leak
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
curl · curl
7.12.0 before 8.14.2; 8.15.0 before 8.16.1; 8.17.0 before 8.20.0; fc6eff13b5414caf6edf22d73a3239e074a04216 before c1cfdf59acbaf9504c4578d4cf56cdd7c8594507; 8.19.0; 8.18.0; +34 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7168
Patch
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7168.html
Vendor Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7168.json
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/3697719
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/14
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