Medium5.3Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-7168] Information disclosure via incorrect Proxy-Authorization header reuse

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-7168 affecting curl-main, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

CVE-2026-7168 Published May 13, 2026

CVE-2026-7168

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Summary

Information disclosure via incorrect Proxy-Authorization header reuse. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.3).

Weakness: CWE-201. Affected package(s): curl-main.

Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:19106 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected versions

curl-main-8.20.0-2.hum1

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:19106

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:19106 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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