HTTP response splitting in RRWO Plack::Middleware::Security::Common
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Plack::Middleware::Security::Common versions before 0.13.1 for Perl did not block header injections in request paths. The header injection rule was ineffective at blocking header injections in the request paths unless they were double-encoded, for example, GET /path\r\nHTTP/1.1\r\nHost: secret.example.com Note that it is unclear whether request paths with CRLF followed by additional headers would be blocked by reverse proxies, or how they would be processed by Plack-based servers.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
- Fix · CNA Plack::Middleware::Security::Common (RRWO) Fixed in 0.13.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9658
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xcq6-chp9-g954
More RRWO vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-13955 OS command injection in RRWO Catalyst::View::Wkhtmltopdf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14395 Server-side request forgery in RRWO Plack::App::Prerender CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-34943 Crypt::SaltedHash versions through 0.09 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-34345 Net::Statsd::Tiny versions before 0.3.8 for Perl allowed metric injections CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-15909 Net::CIDR::Set versions before 0.23 for Perl allow memory exhaustion and malformed set… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-36790 Uncontrolled recursion in RRWO Net::CIDR::Set CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-9658 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9658 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xcq6-chp9-g954 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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