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leaking host credentials to HTTP proxy

Type: advisorySources: OSV

An HTTP proxy can trick libcurl into sending the origin's credentials (Basic password, or a Negotiate/Kerberos ticket) to the proxy itself, by answering the `CONNECT` tunnel request with 401 `WWW-Authenticate:` instead of the expected 407 `Proxy-Authenticate:`.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-86414
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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1 Nov 2026, 09:38 UTC · Revision 1

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leaking host credentials to HTTP proxy

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC

An HTTP proxy can trick libcurl into sending the origin's credentials (Basic password, or a Negotiate/Kerberos ticket) to the proxy itself, by answering the `CONNECT` tunnel request with 401 `WWW-Authenticate:` instead of the expected 407 `Proxy-Authenticate:`.

osv:CURL-CVE-2026-86414
Complete source record
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