An issue was discovered in Ratpack before 1.7.5. Due to a misuse of the Netty library class DefaultHttpHeaders, there is no validation that headers lack HTTP control characters. Thus, if untrusted data is used to construct HTTP headers with Ratpack, HTTP Response Splitting can occur.
CVE-2019-17513
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.2%, top 20% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 80.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 18, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/commit/c560a8d10cb8bdd7a526c1ca2e67c8f224ca23ae
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/commit/efb910d38a96494256f36675ef0e5061097dd77d
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/releases/tag/v1.7.5
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/security/advisories/GHSA-mvqp-q37c-wf9j
- cve@mitrehttps://ratpack.io/versions/1.7.5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/commit/c560a8d10cb8bdd7a526c1ca2e67c8f224ca23ae
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/commit/efb910d38a96494256f36675ef0e5061097dd77d
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/releases/tag/v1.7.5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/security/advisories/GHSA-mvqp-q37c-wf9j
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ratpack.io/versions/1.7.5
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.ratpack:ratpack-core | 0.9.0 ... 1.7.4 (61 versions) | 1.7.5 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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