CVE-2026-48596
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
Summary
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting') vulnerability in elixir-tesla tesla allows HTTP header injection via Tesla.Multipart.add_content_type_param/2.
Tesla.Multipart.add_content_type_param/2 appends caller-supplied strings to the multipart content_type_params list without validating for CR (\r) or LF (\n) characters. Tesla.Multipart.headers/1 then joins these params verbatim with "; " to construct the outgoing Content-Type header value. A param containing \r\n splits the header line, allowing arbitrary headers to be injected into the outbound HTTP request. Any application that forwards untrusted input (such as a user-supplied charset or parameter string) into add_content_type_param/2 is affected.
This issue affects tesla: from 0.8.0 before 1.18.3.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| elixir-tesla | tesla | 0.8.0 < 1.18.3 | affected |
| elixir-tesla | tesla | 6ebfdb9abe9c6f119408045b933d82462decd351 < 23601edac5d22ba9407b427967b5bdbda201aec2 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-113: CWE-113 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')
Workarounds
Validate content-type parameter strings before passing them to Tesla.Multipart.add_content_type_param/2, rejecting any value that contains \r or \n.
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
Additional References
References
- https://github.com/elixir-tesla/tesla/security/advisories/GHSA-q7jx-v53g-848w
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48596.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48596
- https://github.com/elixir-tesla/tesla/commit/23601edac5d22ba9407b427967b5bdbda201aec2
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