wrong reuse of HTTP Negotiate connection
CVE-2026-5545 is fixed in 10 products on 1 platform, first by curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5, released April 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection when asked to do an authenticated HTTP(S) request after a Negotiate-authenticated one, when both use the same host. libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead. When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical error in the code, a request that was issued by an application could wrongfully reuse an existing connection to the same server that was authenticated using different credentials. An application that first uses Negotiate authentication to a server with `user1:password1` and then does another operation to the same server asking for any authentication method but for `user2:password2` (while the previous connection is still alive) - the second request gets confused and wrongly reuses the same connection and sends the new request over that connection thinking it uses a mix of user1's and user2's credentials when it is in fact still using the connection authenticated for user1...
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| curl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 8.14.1-2+deb13u4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5545 | May 15, 2026 |
| curl · Debian 14 | 8.20.0~rc2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5545 | May 15, 2026 |
| curl · RHEL 10 | 8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | RHSA-2026:80512 | Jul 3, 2026 |
| curl · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| curl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | May 15, 2026 |
| curl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | curl 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | May 15, 2026 |
| curl · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | curl 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | May 15, 2026 |
| curl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 | curl 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| curl · almalinux 10 | 8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ALSA-2026:80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| curl · ol 10 | 0:8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ELSA-2026-80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| curl · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 8.14.1-160000.6.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20973-1 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| curl · rocky 10 | 0:8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | RLSA-2026:80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| curl · sles 15.7 | 8.14.1-150700.7.23.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3798-1 | Aug 25, 2026 |
| curl · sles 16.0 | 8.14.1-160000.6.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22156-1 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| curl-mini · sles 16.0 | 8.14.1-160000.6.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22156-1 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| libcurl · almalinux 10 | 8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ALSA-2026:80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| libcurl · ol 10 | 0:8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ELSA-2026-80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| libcurl-devel · almalinux 10 | 8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ALSA-2026:80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| libcurl-devel · ol 10 | 0:8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ELSA-2026-80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| libcurl-minimal · almalinux 10 | 8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ALSA-2026:80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| libcurl-minimal · ol 10 | 0:8.12.1-4.el10_2.7 | ELSA-2026-80512 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | libcurl3-gnutls 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| libcurl3-gnutls · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | libcurl3-gnutls 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | libcurl3-nss 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| libcurl3-nss · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | libcurl3-nss 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl3t64-gnutls · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl3t64-gnutls · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl3t64-gnutls · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 | libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| libcurl4 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | libcurl4 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.25+esm5 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| libcurl4 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | libcurl4 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl4t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | libcurl4t64 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl4t64 · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | libcurl4t64 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3 | May 15, 2026 |
| libcurl4t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 | libcurl4t64 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1 | Apr 29, 2026 |
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