CVE-2026-43968

NameCVE-2026-43968
DescriptionImproper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') vulnerability in ninenines cowlib allows SSE event splitting and injection via unvalidated field values. cow_sse:event/1 in cowlib guards the id and event fields against \n but not against bare \r, and the internal prefix_lines/2 function used for data and comment fields splits only on \n. Because the SSE specification requires decoders to treat \r\n, \r, and \n as equivalent line terminators, an attacker who controls any of these fields can inject additional SSE lines and forge a complete event with an arbitrary event type and data payload on the receiving end. In typical deployments where browser EventSource clients or other SSE consumers dispatch on event.type and render event.data, this enables event splitting, client-side logic manipulation, and stored-XSS-equivalent behaviour when event data is inserted into the DOM. This issue affects cowlib from 2.6.0.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
erlang-cowlib (PTS)forky, sid, bookworm, bullseye, trixie1.3.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
erlang-cowlibsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- erlang-cowlib <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-43968.html
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-43968
https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib/commit/6165fc40efa159ba1cceee7e7981e790acba5d9c

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