HTTP Header Injection Affecting io.vertx:vertx-core package, versions [,3.5.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IOVERTX-32470
  • published15 Aug 2018
  • disclosed23 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 May 2018

CVE-2018-12537  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.vertx:vertx-core to version 3.5.2 or higher.

Overview

io.vertx:vertx-core is a tool-kit for building reactive applications on the JVM.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Header Injection. The HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not check wether header name or value contain \r or \n chars. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1