Bug 2476979 (CVE-2026-7168)

Summary: CVE-2026-7168 curl: libcurl: Information disclosure via incorrect Proxy-Authorization header reuse
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A flaw was found in libcurl. When a user performs a transfer over an HTTP proxy using Digest authentication and then reuses the same handle for a second transfer with a different proxy host, libcurl incorrectly sends the `Proxy-Authorization` header intended for the first proxy to the second proxy. This could lead to the disclosure of sensitive authentication information to an unintended proxy, potentially allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized access or impersonate the user.
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Bug Depends On: 2480086, 2480087    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-13 10:01:34 UTC 
Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer over a specific HTTP proxy
(`proxyA`) with **Digest** authentication and then changing the proxy host to
a second one (`proxyB`) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes
libcurl wrongly pass on the `Proxy-Authorization:` header field meant for
`proxyA`, to `proxyB`.