CVE-2026-48596

LOW

CRLF injection in Tesla.Multipart.add_content_type_param/2 allows HTTP header injection

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting') vulnerability in elixir-tesla tesla allows HTTP header injection via Tesla.Multipart.add_content_type_param/2. Tesla.Multipart.add_content_type_param/2 appends caller-supplied strings to the multipart content_type_params list without validating for CR (\r) or LF (\n) characters. Tesla.Multipart.headers/1 then joins these params verbatim with "; " to construct the outgoing Content-Type header value. A param containing \r\n splits the header line, allowing arbitrary headers to be injected into the outbound HTTP request. Any application that forwards untrusted input (such as a user-supplied charset or parameter string) into add_content_type_param/2 is affected. This issue affects tesla: from 0.8.0 before 1.18.3.

Scores

CVSS v4 2.1
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.6%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-113
Status published
Products (2)
elixir-tesla/tesla 0.8.0 - 1.18.3
elixir-tesla/tesla 6ebfdb9abe9c6f119408045b933d82462decd351 - 23601edac5d22ba9407b427967b5bdbda201aec2
Published Jun 02, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 03, 2026