CVE-2026-86414

critical

Description

An HTTP proxy can trick libcurl into sending the origin's credentials (Basic password, or a Negotiate/Kerberos ticket) to the proxy itself, by answering the `CONNECT` tunnel request with 401 `WWW-Authenticate:` instead of the expected 407 `Proxy-Authenticate:`.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/3993566

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-105306

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-86414.json

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-86414.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-20

Updated: 2026-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00676