CVE-2026-5545

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.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0041
35th percentile

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

ProductFixed inFixReleased
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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