libcurl Negotiate Auth Reuse Allows CrossUser Credential Leakage
CVE-2026-19931 Published on September 6, 2026

Negotiate ambient user conn reuse
A flaw in libcurl makes it wrongly reuse an HTTP connection setup for a given hostname using Negotiate authentication, when the initial request is done using empty credentials. This can make user B's request get sent over user A's previously authenticated connection.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-19931 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. An automatable proof of concept (POC) exploit exists. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session

The product does not sufficiently enforce boundaries between the states of different sessions, causing data to be provided to, or used by, the wrong session.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-19931

stack.watch emails you whenever new vulnerabilities are published in Haxx Curl or Oracle. Just hit a watch button to start following.

Haxx Curl
 
Oracle
 

Affected Versions

curl: curl: curl:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.75%
Percentile
53.00%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.