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GHSA-gv3v-92v6-m48j

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Apr 3, 2020·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

  • Cross Site Scripting
  • Cache Poisoning
  • Page Hijacking

Patches

This was fixed in version 2.2.1.

Workarounds

If you are unable to update, ensure that user supplied data isn't able to flow to HTTP headers. If it does, pre-sanitize for CRLF characters.

References

CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')

I've been poking at libraries to see if they are vulnerable to HTTP Response Splitting and Jooby is my third case of finding this vulnerability.

Root Cause

This roots cause back to this line in the Jooby codebase:

https://github.com/jooby-project/jooby/blob/93cfc80aa20c188f71a442ea7a1827da380e1c27/modules/jooby-netty/src/main/java/io/jooby/internal/netty/NettyContext.java#L102

The DefaultHttpHeaders takes a parameter validate which, when true (as it is for the no-arg constructor) validates that the header isn't being abused to do HTTP Response Splitting.

Reported By

This vulnerability was reported by @JLLeitschuh (Twitter)

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Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
1.56%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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