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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2026-7168

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`.

Products
curl
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
8.14.1-r3, 8.14.1-r4, 8.20.0-r0
CVEs
CVE-2026-7168
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 06:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2026-7168

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 May 2026, 13:01 UTC

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`.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-7168

curl

Fixed versions: 8.14.1-r3

curl

Fixed versions: 8.14.1-r4

curl

Fixed versions: 8.20.0-r0

curl

Fixed versions: 8.20.0-r0

Complete source record
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