CVE-2026-48596

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

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 2, 2026 at 07:09 PM UTC
Updated: September 24, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTesla

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0.8.0 ≤ v < 1.18.30.8.06ebfdb9abe9c6f119408045b933d82462decd351
Vendor states this is fixed in 23601edac5d22ba9407b427967b5bdbda201aec2 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 1.18.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-113

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