CVE-2026-7168

Publication date 29 April 2026

Last updated 14 May 2026

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

cross-proxy Digest auth state leak

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed 8.18.0-1ubuntu2.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed 8.14.1-2ubuntu1.3
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.24
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Notes

mdeslaur

does not affect the curl command line tool

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
curl	Upstream: c1cfdf5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8227-1
curl vulnerabilities
4 May 2026

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7168

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