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CVE-2021-33621

ruby/cgi-gem: HTTP response splitting in CGI

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 18, 2022

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in Ruby that allows HTTP header injection. A CGI application using the CGI library may insert untrusted input into the HTTP response header. This issue can allow an attacker to insert a newline character to split a header and inject malicious content to deceive clients.

Statement

This vulnerability is marked as moderate because the flaw was more difficult to exploit but could still lead to some compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of resources under certain circumstances but are less easily exploited based on a technical evaluation of the flaw, or affect unlikely configurations.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-113 · Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers