CVE-2026-0865 (GCVE-0-2026-0865)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-20 21:26
Modified
2026-03-03 14:43
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Summary
User-controlled header names and values containing newlines can allow injecting HTTP headers.
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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