CVE-2026-5545
Published:May 13, 2026
Updated:May 17, 2026
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...
Affected Packages
libcurl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=7.76.0 <8.20.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.20.0https://github.com/curl/curl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=curl-7_10_6 <curl-8_20_0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version curl-8_20_0Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Insufficient Session Expiration
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05