CVE-2026-5773

libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection for SMB(S) transfers. libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead. When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical error in th...

high 7.5 CVSS 3.1
Published: May 13, 2026
Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Haxx
Product: Curl

Description

libcurl might in some circumstances reuse the wrong connection for SMB(S)
transfers.

libcurl features a pool of recent connections so that subsequent requests can
reuse an existing connection to avoid overhead.

When reusing a connection a range of criteria must be met. Due to a logical
error in the code, a network transfer operation that was requested by an
application could wrongfully reuse an existing SMB connection to the same
server that was using a different 'share' than the new subsequent transfer
should.

This could in unlucky situations lead to the download of the wrong file or the
upload of a file to the wrong place. When this happens, the same credentials
are used and the server name is the same.

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