{"cve":"CVE-2026-5545","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-13T13:01:56.190","modified":"2026-09-15T07:16:28.633","status":"Modified","description":"libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection when asked to\ndo an authenticated HTTP(S) request after a Negotiate-authenticated one, when\nboth use the same host.\n\nlibcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can\nreuse an existing connection to avoid overhead.\n\nWhen reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical\nerror in the code, a request that was issued by an application could\nwrongfully reuse an existing connection to the same server that was\nauthenticated using different credentials.\n\nAn application that first uses Negotiate authentication to a server with\n`user1:password1` and then does another operation to the same server asking\nfor any authentication method but for `user2:password2` (while the previous\nconnection is still alive) - the second request gets confused and wrongly\nreuses the same connection and sends the new request over that connection\nthinking it uses a mix of user1's and user2's credentials when it is in fact\nstill using the connection authenticated for user1...","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-613","CWE-305"],"references":["https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-5545.html","https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-5545.json","https://hackerone.com/reports/3642555","https://hackerone.com/reports/3642555"],"products":["haxx:curl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:35:16.954578616+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-5545","score":0.00414,"percentile":0.35659,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}