Plack::Middleware::Security::Common versions before 0.13.1 for Perl did not block header injections in request paths.

The header injection rule was ineffective at blocking header injections in the request paths unless they were double-encoded, for example,

GET /path\r\nHTTP/1.1\r\nHost: secret.example.com

Note that it is unclear whether request paths with CRLF followed by additional headers would be blocked by reverse proxies, or how they would be processed by Plack-based servers.

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Solution

Upgrade to 0.13.1 or later.


Workaround

Use with the the the non_printable_chars rule to block header injections.

History

Thu, 28 May 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Description Plack::Middleware::Security::Common versions before 0.13.1 for Perl did not block header injections in request paths. The header injection rule was ineffective at blocking header injections in the request paths unless they were double-encoded, for example, GET /path\r\nHTTP/1.1\r\nHost: secret.example.com Note that it is unclear whether request paths with CRLF followed by additional headers would be blocked by reverse proxies, or how they would be processed by Plack-based servers.
Title Plack::Middleware::Security::Common versions before 0.13.1 for Perl did not block header injections in request paths
Weaknesses CWE-113
CWE-790
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T11:36:50.565Z

Reserved: 2026-05-26T20:57:50.718Z

Link: CVE-2026-9658

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-28T13:16:25.067

Modified: 2026-05-28T13:16:25.067

Link: CVE-2026-9658

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Updated: 2026-05-28T13:15:22Z

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