A flaw was found in libcurl. Due to a logical error in the connection reuse mechanism for SMB (Server Message Block) transfers, libcurl might reuse an existing SMB connection with a different share than intended. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-488 (Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session), could lead to the download of an incorrect file or the upload of a file to an unintended location when an application uses libcurl for SMB transfers.

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First Time appeared Curl
Curl libcurl
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Curl libcurl

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in libcurl. Due to a logical error in the connection reuse mechanism for SMB (Server Message Block) transfers, libcurl might reuse an existing SMB connection with a different share than intended. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-488 (Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session), could lead to the download of an incorrect file or the upload of a file to an unintended location when an application uses libcurl for SMB transfers.
Title curl: libcurl: Wrong file transfer due to incorrect SMB connection reuse
Weaknesses CWE-1025
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-5773 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-05-01T01:30:05Z

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