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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First Time appeared Curl
Curl curl
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Curl curl

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-639

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Description 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`.
Title cross-origin Digest auth state leak
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: curl

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-03T06:13:31.661Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T08:59:16.646Z

Link: CVE-2026-11856

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Updated: 2026-07-03T10:30:11Z

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