CVSS 3.0
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCVE-2018-12537
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-93
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- eclipse:vert.x
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6cw8-7j6c-hccp | Maven | io.vertx:vertx-core | >=3.0.0 <3.5.2 | 3.5.2 |