An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0intheFTPconnectionreusefeaturethatcanresultinwrongcredentialsbeingusedduringsubsequenttransfers.Previouslycreatedconnectionsarekeptinaconnectionpoolforreuseiftheymatchthecurrentsetup.However,certainFTPsettingssuchasCURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT,CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER,CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC,andCURLOPT_USE_SSLwerenotincludedintheconfigurationmatchchecks,causingthemtomatchtooeasily.Thiscouldleadtolibcurlusingthewrongcredentialswhenperformingatransfer,potentiallyallowingunauthorizedaccesstosensitiveinformation.