trillium-http and trillium-client vulnerable to HTTP Request/Response Splitting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Trillium is a composable toolkit for building internet applications with async rust. In `trillium-http` prior to 0.3.12 and `trillium-client` prior to 0.5.4, insufficient validation of outbound header values may lead to request splitting or response splitting attacks in scenarios where attackers have sufficient control over headers. This only affects use cases where attackers have control of request headers, and can insert "\r\n" sequences. Specifically, if untrusted and unvalidated input is inserted into header names or values. Outbound `trillium_http::HeaderValue` and `trillium_http::HeaderName` can be constructed infallibly and were not checked for illegal bytes when sending requests from the client or responses from the server. Thus, if an attacker has sufficient control over header values (or names) in a request or response that they could inject `\r\n` sequences, they could get the client and server out of sync, and then pivot to gain control over other parts of requests or responses. (i.e. exfiltrating data from other requests, SSRF, etc.) In `trillium-http` versions 0.3.12 and later, if a header name is invalid in server response headers, the specific header and any associated values are omitted from network transmission. Additionally, if a header value is invalid in server response headers, the individual header value is omitted from network transmission. Other headers values with the same header name will still be sent. In `trillium-client` versions 0.5.4 and later, if any header name or header value is invalid in the client request headers, awaiting the client Conn returns an `Error::MalformedHeader` prior to any network access. As a workaround, Trillium services and client applications should sanitize or validate untrusted input that is included in header values and header names. Carriage return, newline, and null characters are not allowed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trillium-rs | trillium | before 0.5.4; before 0.3.12 | 0.5.4, 0.3.12 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | trillium-http (crates.io) | before 0.3.12 | 0.3.12 | Patch available | GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf |
| — | trillium-client (crates.io) | before 0.5.4 | 0.5.4 | Patch available | GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf |
- trillium Vendortrillium-rs Affected before 0.5.4; before 0.3.12 Fixed in 0.5.4, 0.3.12 Patch available CNA
- trillium-http (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.12 Fixed in 0.3.12 Patch available GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf
- trillium-client (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.5.4 Fixed in 0.5.4 Patch available GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf
Remediation
- Fix · CNA trillium (trillium-rs) Fixed in 0.5.4, 0.3.12
- Fix · GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf trillium-http (crates.io) Fixed in 0.3.12 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf trillium-client (crates.io) Fixed in 0.5.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23644
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 2
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2024-23644 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23644 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9f9p-cp3c-72jf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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