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CVE-2023-0040

Versions of Async HTTP Client prior to 1.13.2 are vulnerable to a form of targeted request manipulation called CRLF injection. This vulnerability was the result of insufficient validation of HTTP h...

Published: Jan 18, 2023Updated: Apr 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-93
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 57.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Async HTTP Client has CRLF Injection vulnerability in HTTP request headers

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-93CWE-74

Affected Products

SwiftURL
aka swift-nio-http2, github.com/apple/swift-nio-http2, github.com/vapor/vapor, github.com/pytorch/executorch
github.com/swift-server/async-http-clientLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
asynchttpclient project
oss-projectaka async-http-client
async-http-clientLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Swift Project
oss-project
Async HTTP ClientLibrary
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/swift-server/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-v3r5-pjpm-mwgq
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0040
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/swift-server/async-http-client/commit/7f05a8da46cc2a4ab43218722298b81ac7a08031
github.com
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