Cisco Umbrella Carriage Return Line Feed Injection Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Umbrella could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a carriage return line feed (CRLF) injection attack against a user of an affected service. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a crafted URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into valid HTTP responses sent to the browser of the user.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3246
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j53q-vx25-fmqm
References
More Cisco Umbrella vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-01430 Cisco Umbrella Dashboard Session Management Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-00394 Cisco Umbrella API Unauthorized Access Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-01201 Cisco Umbrella Link and CSV Formula Injection Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2021-01077 Cisco Umbrella Dashboard Packet Flood Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2021-01202 Cisco Umbrella Link and CSV Formula Injection Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-01417 Cisco Umbrella Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-3246 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-3246 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j53q-vx25-fmqm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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