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GHSA-X85F-J5V8-5VRV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 00:31 – Updated: 2026-01-21 00:31

Details

When using http.cookies.Morsel, user-controlled cookie values and parameters can allow injecting HTTP headers into messages. Patch rejects all control characters within cookie names, values, and parameters.

Severity ?

6.0 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-0672 (GCVE-0-2026-0672)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 21:52 – Updated: 2026-01-21 16:14

Title

Header injection in http.cookies.Morsel

Summary

Severity ?

6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-93

Assigner

PSF

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/143920	patch
	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143919	issue-tracking
	https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-an…	vendor-advisory
	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/95746b3a…	patch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Python Software Foundation	CPython	Affected: 0 , < 3.15.0 (python)

Credits

Omar M. Hasan

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-X85F-J5V8-5VRV

CVE-2026-0672 (GCVE-0-2026-0672)

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