ithewei libhv Request Header injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ithewei libhv and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Request Header Handler. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-26148. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ithewei libhv (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Request Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

All versions of the package ithewei/libhv are vulnerable to CRLF Injection when untrusted user input is used to set request headers. An attacker can add the \r\n (carriage return line feeds) characters and inject additional headers in the request sent.

The weakness was presented 09/29/2023. The advisory is shared at gist.github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-26148 since 02/20/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

02/20/2023 🔍
09/29/2023 +220 days 🔍
09/29/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gist.github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-26148 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-26148
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240873

Entryinfo

Created: 09/29/2023 07:31
Updated: 10/22/2023 08:52
Changes: 09/29/2023 07:31 (46), 10/22/2023 08:52 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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