CVE-2026-7168

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 77% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: May 13, 2026 (57 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Fix Available: ✓ Yes
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in libcurl. When a user performs a transfer over an HTTP proxy using Digest authentication and then reuses the same handle for a second transfer with a different proxy host, libcurl incorrectly sends the `Proxy-Authorization` header intended for the first proxy to the second proxy. This could lead to the disclosure of sensitive authentication information to an unintended proxy, potentially allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized access or impersonate the user.

CWE

CWE-201

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat Hardened Images

Fix Status

✅ Fix Available

References

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