CVE-2026-7168
ADVISORY - debianSummary
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.
- curl 8.20.0-1 [trixie] - curl 8.14.1-2+deb13u4 [bookworm] - curl 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 [bullseye] - curl (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update) https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-7168.html Introduced by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/fc6eff13b5414caf6edf22d73a3239e074a04216 (curl-7_12_0) Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/c1cfdf59acbaf9504c4578d4cf56cdd7c8594507 (curl-8_20_0)
EPSS Score: 0.00471 (0.395)
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
ADVISORY - nist
Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
Debian
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ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-7168
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
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EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
| Package | Type | OS Name | OS Version | Affected Ranges | Fix Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| debian/curl | deb | debian | 12 | <7.88.1-10+deb12u15 | 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 |
| debian/curl | deb | debian | 13 | <8.14.1-2+deb13u4 | 8.14.1-2+deb13u4 |
| debian/curl | deb | debian | unstable | <8.20.0-1 | 8.20.0-1 |
| debian/curl | deb | debian | 14 | <8.20.0-1 | 8.20.0-1 |
Severity and metrics
No CVSS data available from this advisory.
NIST
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-7168
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
3.9
EXPLOITS FOUND
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CVSS SCORE
5.3mediumAlpine
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UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-7168
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
Ubuntu
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-7168
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
3.9
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
CVSS SCORE
5.3mediumPhoton
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ADVISORY ID
CVE-2026-7168
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
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EXPLOITS FOUND
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CVSS SCORE
5.3mediumminimos
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ADVISORY ID
MINI-7hf4-86gx-5242
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
minimos
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ADVISORY ID
MINI-wmj9-r3vv-r47v
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-