CVE-2026-112880 json
CRLF injection in Proxy-Authorization header built from proxy_auth_fun in hackney
published 2026-10-26 13 d ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EEF-CVE-2026-112880 , EUVD-2026-109833
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting') vulnerability in hackney_http_connect in benoitc hackney allows HTTP Request Splitting via the value a proxy_auth_fun callback returns. After a 407 response from an HTTP CONNECT proxy, hackney_http_connect:handle_proxy_auth/11 calls the caller's proxy_auth_fun with the status code and the response headers and writes the returned binary into the Proxy-Authorization line of the CONNECT retry without checking it. A CR, LF or NUL byte in that value adds header lines to the request sent to the proxy.
The value is attacker-influenced when the callback derives it from untrusted data, for example from the proxy's challenge headers. Other caller-supplied values on the CONNECT path, such as the target host and the request headers, were already checked for control bytes.
This issue affects hackney: from 2.0.0 before 4.9.0.
Patch / fix
- hex hackney 4.9.0
- benoitc hackney 4.9.0
- github.com/benoitc/hackney@5df5a74 commit
- github.com/benoitc/hackney@5ee7d7d commit
- github.com/benoitc/hackney#989 pull request
- github.com/benoitc/hackney/releases/tag/4.9.0 release
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 13 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| hex | hackney | >=2.0.0, <4.9.0 |
4.9.0 |
Affected products
- benoitc hackney
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-113 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers
References
-
github.com
/benoitc/hackney/pull/989
related, web
-
github.com
/benoitc/hackney/commit/5df5a74a2817d5b12880d217db33253ff1fae1b5
related, web
-
github.com
/benoitc/hackney/commit/5ee7d7d19eba27e774667d472feb1e93a08af7f9
patch
-
github.com
/benoitc/hackney/releases/tag/4.9.0
vendor-advisory, related, advisory
-
cna.erlef.org
/cves/CVE-2026-112880.html
related, web
-
osv.dev
/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-112880
related
-
hex.pm
/packages/hackney
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-112880
- NVD CVE-2026-112880
- OSV EEF-CVE-2026-112880
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