CRLF injection in cookie domain/path options in hackney
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') vulnerability in benoitc hackney allows HTTP Response Splitting. The hackney_cookie:setcookie/3 function in src/hackney_cookie.erl validates the Name and Value arguments against CRLF and control characters, but concatenates the domain and path options verbatim into the output iolist with no equivalent check. An attacker who controls either option — for example by supplying a Host header value forwarded as the cookie domain, or a request path forwarded as the cookie path — can inject a literal CRLF sequence and arbitrary additional Set-Cookie headers into the HTTP response. This issue affects hackney: from 0.9.0 before 4.0.1.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| benoitc | hackney | 0.9.0 to before 4.0.1 | 4.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | hackney (Hex) | 0.9.0 to before 4.0.1 | 4.0.1 | Patch available | GHSA-mp55-p8c9-rfw2 |
- hackney Vendorbenoitc Affected 0.9.0 to before 4.0.1 Fixed in 4.0.1 Patch available CNA
- hackney (Hex) Vendor— Affected 0.9.0 to before 4.0.1 Fixed in 4.0.1 Patch available GHSA-mp55-p8c9-rfw2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA hackney (benoitc) Fixed in 4.0.1
- Fix · GHSA-mp55-p8c9-rfw2 hackney (Hex) Fixed in 4.0.1 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
benoitc hackney 4.0.1
10 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 6 HIGH, 4 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-34675 Unbounded memory consumption in WebSocket client in hackneyPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-34669 Atom table exhaustion via unrecognized URL schemes in hackneyPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-34668 Infinite loop in Alt-Svc header parser in hackneyPriority HIGH 77
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-47069
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mp55-p8c9-rfw2
References
Patch 3
More benoitc Hackney vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-34675 Unbounded memory consumption in WebSocket client in hackney CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-34669 Atom table exhaustion via unrecognized URL schemes in hackney CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-34668 Infinite loop in Alt-Svc header parser in hackney CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-34679 Unbounded body accumulation in HTTP/3 response loop in hackney CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-34673 SOCKS5 TLS upgrade ignores caller timeout in hackney CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-34674 CRLF injection in WebSocket upgrade request in hackney CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-47069 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-47069 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mp55-p8c9-rfw2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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