CVE-2018-12537
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.
Timeline
ID reserved
By eclipse
- 57 days later
· 57 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
The Eclipse Foundation · Eclipse Vert.x
- affected 3.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – ≤ 3.5.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenio.vertx:vertx-coreGHSA-6cw8-7j6c-hccp (opens in a new tab)
References
References7
- https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/commit/1bb6445226c39a95e7d07ce3caaf56828e8aab72 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2018-021_vertx.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2371 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/issues/2470 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536038 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591072 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0516 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6cw8-7j6c-hccp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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