GHSA-q2qj-628g-vhfw

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    GHSA-q2qj-628g-vhfw

    Published: 18 Apr 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Insecure header validation in slim/psr7

    Details: ### Impact An attacker could sneak in a newline (`\n`) into both the header names and values. While the specification states that `\r\n\r\n` is used to terminate the header list, many servers in the wild will also accept `\n\n`. An attacker that is able to control the header names that are passed to Slilm-Psr7 would be able to intentionally craft invalid messages, possibly causing application errors or invalid HTTP requests being sent out with an PSR-18 HTTP client. The latter might present a denial of service vector if a remote service’s web application firewall bans the application due to the receipt of malformed requests. ### Patches The issue is patched in 1.6.1, 1.5.1, and 1.4.1. ### Workarounds In Slim-Psr7 prior to 1.6.1, 1.5.1, and 1.4.1, validate HTTP header keys and/or values, and if using user-supplied values, filter them to strip off leading or trailing newline characters before calling withHeader(). ### Acknowledgments We are very grateful to and thank <a href="https://gjcampbell.co.uk/">Graham Campbell</a> for reporting and working with us on this issue. ### References * Guzzle: CVE-2023-29197, with advisory GHSA-wxmh-65f7-jcvw * Laminas Diactoros: CVE-2023-29530, with advisory GHSA-xv3h-4844-9h36 * https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230#section-3.2.4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: slim/psr7

    Purl: pkg:composer/slim/psr7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.6
    Fixed -1.6.1

    Affected versions

    1.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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