CVE-2026-115935 (GCVE-0-2026-115935)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-23 21:40
Modified
2026-10-23 21:40
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
The app/process-api-response-headers action accepts fake Craft API response headers from any authenticated control panel user. A non-admin user with only accessCp can place newline characters in X-Craft-Plugin-Licenses. Craft passes this value to its .env writer without removing the newlines. This lets the user insert a new attacker-known CRAFT_SECURITY_KEY into .env. After Craft loads that key, the user can forge a signed login redirect containing a Twig system() callback. This is different from the previous report. That report reads the existing key through a Twig sandbox bypass. This report replaces the key through fake API headers and CRLF injection. Fixing either source does not fix the other.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
craftcms cms Version: 5.0.0   ≤
Version: 4.0.0   ≤
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