CRLF Injection Affecting hackney package, versions >=2.0.0-beta.1 <4.0.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published26 May 2026
- disclosed25 May 2026
- creditPJUllrich
Introduced: 25 May 2026
CVE-2026-47072 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade hackney to version 4.0.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to CRLF Injection in the do_handshake/1 WebSocket upgrade request assembly in the WebSocket client code. An attacker can inject extra header lines or rewrite the request line by supplying a path, sub-protocol, or extra header value containing \r, \n, or NUL. This lets a malicious caller smuggle attacker-controlled headers onto the wire during the upgrade request, which can corrupt the handshake and expose downstream services to request manipulation.