CVE-2026-11856
CRITICALDescription
Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer to a specific HTTP origin (`hostA`) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the origin to a different one (`hostB`) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the `Authorization:` header field meant for `hostA`, to `hostB`.
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Weakness Type (CWE)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| haxx | curl |
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