CVE-2026-118371 (GCVE-0-2026-118371)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-28 02:03
Modified
2026-10-28 02:03
CWE
  • CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Summary
LibreSSL through 4.4.0 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability in the libcrypto OCSP_sendreq_new() and OCSP_parse_url() functions, which write unvalidated request paths into the OCSP POST request line. Attackers can embed carriage return and line feed characters in a certificate's Authority Information Access OCSP URI to inject HTTP headers or split requests sent to responders and proxies.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenBSD LibreSSL Version: 0   ≤ 4.4.0
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