CVE-2018-12537
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- tafamace/CVE-2018-12537tafamace/CVE-2018-12537PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-6cw8-7j6c-hccpModerate severity vulnerability that affects io.vertx:vertx-core2018-10-19ghsa · osvUS
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.
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references (21)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768cnnvd
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536038cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591072cnnvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/commit/1bb6445226c39a95e7d07ce3caaf56828e8aab72cnnvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/issues/2470cnnvd
- https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2018-021_vertx.txtcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371enisa_euvd
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