🛡️ CVE-2017-18587 — hyper
Description
Headers containing newline characters can split messages in hyper
Serializing of headers to the socket did not filter the values for newline bytes (\r or \n), which allowed for header values to split a request or response. People would not likely include newlines in the headers in their own applications, so the way for most people to exploit this is if an application constructs headers based on unsanitized user input.
This issue was fixed by replacing all newline characters with a space during serialization of a header value.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.
Affected software
CVE-2017-18587 is recorded against 1 package.
- hyper
Timeline and source
Published on 25 August 2021 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
rustsec.org (Web)
Details
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| hyper | — | — |
References
Similar Threats
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- Unknown JLSEC-2026-20
- Critical CVE-2025-59388
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