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CVE-2026-5545
Summary

libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection when asked to
do an authenticated HTTP(S) request after a Negotiate-authenticated one, when
both use the same host.

libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can
reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead.

When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical
error in the code, a request that was issued by an application could
wrongfully reuse an existing connection to the same server that was
authenticated using different credentials.

An application that first uses Negotiate authentication to a server with
`user1:password1` and then does another operation to the same server asking
for any authentication method but for `user2:password2` (while the previous
connection is still alive) - the second request gets confused and wrongly
reuses the same connection and sends the new request over that connection
thinking it uses a mix of user1's and user2's credentials when it is in fact
still using the connection authenticated for user1...

Publication Date May 13, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
Registration Date May 15, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
Last Update May 14, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
CVSS3.1 : MEDIUM
スコア 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
攻撃元区分(AV) ネットワーク
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃に必要な特権レベル(PR) 不要
利用者の関与(UI) 不要
影響の想定範囲(S) 変更なし
機密性への影響(C)
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A) なし
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.10.6 8.20.0
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