CVE-2025-11468
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
When folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters, the parenthesis would not be preserved. This could be used for injecting headers into email messages where addresses are user-controlled and not sanitized.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.63%• Percentile: 49%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-93•Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•python-3.10
< 3.10.19-r4
- chainguard•python-3.11
< 3.11.14-r5
- chainguard•python-3.12
< 3.12.12-r5
- chainguard•python-3.13
< 3.13.12-r1
- chainguard•python-3.14
< 3.14.3-r1
- chainguard•python-3.9
all
- wolfi•python-3.10
< 3.10.19-r4
- wolfi•python-3.11
< 3.11.14-r5
- wolfi•python-3.12
< 3.12.12-r5
- wolfi•python-3.13
< 3.13.12-r1
- wolfi•python-3.14
< 3.14.3-r1
- debian•pypy3
all | all | all | < 7.3.21+dfsg-1
- debian•python3.11
< 3.11.2-6+deb12u7
- debian•python3.13
< 3.13.5-2+deb13u1 | < 3.13.12-1
- debian•python3.14
< 3.14.3-1
- debian•python3.9
< 3.9.2-1+deb11u5
- python software foundation•cpython
< 3.15.0 | ≥ 3.15.0a1, < 3.15.0 | < 3.13.12 | < 3.10.20 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.15 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.13 | ≥ 3.13.0, < 3.13.12 | ≥ 3.14.0, < 3.14.3 | ≥ 3.15.0a1, < 3.15.0a6
References (13)
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/143936
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143935
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/FELSEOLBI2QR6YLG6Q7VYF7FWSGQTKLI/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/17d1490aa97bd6b98a42b1a9b324ead84e7fd8a2
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/61614a5e5056e4f61ced65008d4576f3df34acb6
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e9970f077240c7c670e8a6fc6662f2b30d3b6ad0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f738386838021c762efea6c9802c82de65e87796
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a76e4cd62dd68e7cbe86e37e6ed988495a646b66
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/003b8315669b9f08b1010a49071f73f15f818094
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11468
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/11xxx/CVE-2025-11468.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11468
- https://github.com/python/cpython