CVE-2026-0672 (GCVE-0-2026-0672)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-20 21:52
Modified
2026-03-03 14:43
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
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Python Software Foundation CPython Version: 0
Version: 3.11.0
Version: 3.12.0
Version: 3.13.0
Version: 3.14.0
Version: 3.15.0a1
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