CVE-2026-5545

Publication date 29 April 2026

Last updated 29 April 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

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Mitigation

Avoid using HTTP Negotiate in your application

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
curl 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

Notes


ebarretto

Introduced-in: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/e56ae1426c

Patch details

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