CVE-2026-118371
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
LibreSSL through 4.4.0 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability in the libcrypto OCSP_sendreq_new() and OCSP_parse_url() functions, which write unvalidated request paths into the OCSP POST request line. Attackers can embed carriage return and line feed characters in a certificate's Authority Information Access OCSP URI to inject HTTP headers or split requests sent to responders and proxies.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-28 03:17:13.443000
Last modified
2026-10-28 14:49:05.060000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-28T03:17:13.443",
"lastModified": "2026-10-28T14:49:05.060",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-4.4.0-relnotes.txt",
"source": "[email protected]"
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