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`.

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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-201
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200

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Weaknesses CWE-200
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-200

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-798

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-798

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-639

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Curl
Curl curl
Vendors & Products Curl
Curl curl

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-639

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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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`.
Title cross-origin Digest auth state leak
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-06T18:23:52.111Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T08:59:16.646Z

Link: CVE-2026-11856

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-06T18:23:29.315Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-03T06:13:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-11856 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T16:30:09Z

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