CVE-2026-5773

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: April 29, 2026 (72 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Fix Available: ✓ Yes
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in libcurl. Due to a logical error in the connection reuse mechanism for SMB (Server Message Block) transfers, libcurl might reuse an existing SMB connection with a different share than intended. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-488 (Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session), could lead to the download of an incorrect file or the upload of a file to an unintended location when an application uses libcurl for SMB transfers.

CWE

CWE-1025

Affected Products

Confidential Compute AttestationLogging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat JBoss Core Services

Fix Status

✅ Fix Available

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 curl.se