Authentication Bypass Affecting curl package, versions <7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-CURL-16335379
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed13 May 2026

Introduced: 13 May 2026

CVE-2026-7168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-294  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 curl to version 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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