5.3

CVE-2026-7168: curl Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2026-7168UBUNTU-CVE-2026-7168DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7168
Published 13-05-2026Last modified 15-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-7168 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability in curl. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 11
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21774-1RHSA-2026:19106RHSA-2026:80512SUSE-SU-2026:23350-1SUSE-SU-2026:23361-1SUSE-SU-2026:23498-1

Timeline

  1. 13-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hackerone.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • curl≥ 7.12.0, < 8.14.1-r3 | ≥ 7.12.0, < 8.14.1-r4 | ≥ 7.12.0, < 8.20.0-r0
Chainguard1 product
  • libcurl4All versions (No fix recorded)
Curl1 product
  • curl≥ 7.12.0, < 8.14.2 | ≥ 8.15.0, < 8.16.1 | ≥ 8.17.0, < 8.20.0 | ≥ fc6eff13b5414caf6edf22d73a3239e074a04216, < c1cfdf59acbaf9504c4578d4cf56cdd7c8594507 | 8.19.0 | 8.18.0 | 8.17.0 | 8.16.0 | 8.15.0 | 8.14.1 | 8.14.0 | 8.13.0 | 8.12.1 | 8.12.0 | 8.11.1 | 8.11.0 | 8.10.1 | 8.10.0 | 8.9.1 | 8.9.0 | 8.8.0 | 8.7.1 | 8.7.0 | 8.6.0 | 8.5.0 | 8.4.0 | 8.3.0 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.0 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.0 | 7.88.1 | 7.88.0 | 7.87.0 | 7.86.0 | 7.85.0 | 7.84.0 | 7.83.1 | 7.83.0 | 7.82.0 | 7.81.0 | 7.80.0 | 7.79.1 | 7.79.0 | 7.78.0 | 7.77.0 | 7.76.1 | 7.76.0 | 7.75.0 | 7.74.0 | 7.73.0 | 7.72.0 | 7.71.1 | 7.71.0 | 7.70.0 | 7.69.1 | 7.69.0 | 7.68.0 | 7.67.0 | 7.66.0 | 7.65.3 | 7.65.2 | 7.65.1 | 7.65.0 | 7.64.1 | 7.64.0 | 7.63.0 | 7.62.0 | 7.61.1 | 7.61.0 | 7.60.0 | 7.59.0 | 7.58.0 | 7.57.0 | 7.56.1 | 7.56.0 | 7.55.1 | 7.55.0 | 7.54.1 | 7.54.0 | 7.53.1 | 7.53.0 | 7.52.1 | 7.52.0 | 7.51.0 | 7.50.3 | 7.50.2 | 7.50.1 | 7.50.0 | 7.49.1 | 7.49.0 | 7.48.0 | 7.47.1 | 7.47.0 | 7.46.0 | 7.45.0 | 7.44.0 | 7.43.0 | 7.42.1 | 7.42.0 | 7.41.0 | 7.40.0 | 7.39.0 | 7.38.0 | 7.37.1 | 7.37.0 | 7.36.0 | 7.35.0 | 7.34.0 | 7.33.0 | 7.32.0 | 7.31.0 | 7.30.0 | 7.29.0 | 7.28.1 | 7.28.0 | 7.27.0 | 7.26.0 | 7.25.0 | 7.24.0 | 7.23.1 | 7.23.0 | 7.22.0 | 7.21.7 | 7.21.6 | 7.21.5 | 7.21.4 | 7.21.3 | 7.21.2 | 7.21.1 | 7.21.0 | 7.20.1 | 7.20.0 | 7.19.7 | 7.19.6 | 7.19.5 | 7.19.4 | 7.19.3 | 7.19.2 | 7.19.1 | 7.19.0 | 7.18.2 | 7.18.1 | 7.18.0 | 7.17.1 | 7.17.0 | 7.16.4 | 7.16.3 | 7.16.2 | 7.16.1 | 7.16.0 | 7.15.5 | 7.15.4 | 7.15.3 | 7.15.2 | 7.15.1 | 7.15.0 | 7.14.1 | 7.14.0 | 7.13.2 | 7.13.1 | 7.13.0 | 7.12.3 | 7.12.2 | 7.12.1 | 7.12.0
Debian1 product
  • curl< 7.88.1-10+deb12u15 | < 8.14.1-2+deb13u4 | < 8.20.0-1
Haxx1 product
  • curl≥ 7.12.0, < 8.20.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • curl< 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm10 | < 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | < 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | < 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | < 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | < 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1
Wolfi1 product
  • libcurl4All versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 7 products

References

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