GHSA-5QP8-QRJX-2669
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-26 15:34 – Updated: 2026-10-26 15:34Improper 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.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-112880"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-113"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-10-26T14:16:28Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers (\u0027HTTP Request/Response Splitting\u0027) 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\u0027s 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.\n\nThe value is attacker-influenced when the callback derives it from untrusted data, for example from the proxy\u0027s 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.\n\nThis issue affects hackney: from 2.0.0 before 4.9.0.",
"id": "GHSA-5qp8-qrjx-2669",
"modified": "2026-10-26T15:34:40Z",
"published": "2026-10-26T15:34:40Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112880"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/pull/989"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/commit/5df5a74a2817d5b12880d217db33253ff1fae1b5"
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"url": "https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/commit/5ee7d7d19eba27e774667d472feb1e93a08af7f9"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-112880.html"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/releases/tag/4.9.0"
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-112880"
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"score": "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",
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