Injection in drogonframework/drogon
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-93Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
All versions of the package drogonframework/drogon are vulnerable to CRLF Injection when untrusted user input is used to set request headers in the addHeader function. An attacker can add the \r\n (carriage return line feeds) characters and inject additional headers in the request sent.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00424 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | drogonframework/drogon | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- drogonframework/drogon Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-26138
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3jvv-m32r-4hpf
References
More Drogon vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-11361 HTTP response splitting in drogonframework/drogon CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-08991 Arbitrary file write in drogonframework/drogon CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-14194 A path traversal vulnerability in the static router for Drogon from 1.0.0-beta14 to 1.6.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-03628 drogon Session Hash small space of random values CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-26138 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-26138 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3jvv-m32r-4hpf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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