CVE-2026-42874CWE-113

Microdot: HTTP response splitting in Response.set_cookie()

Low · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Microdot is a minimalistic Python web framework. Prior to 2.6.1, the Response.set_cookie() method does not sanitize its string arguments, and in particular will not detect the presence of the \r\n sequence in them. This can be a potential source of header injection attacks. For a header injection attack through this issue to be possible, an attacker must first infiltrate the client (for example through an independent XSS attack), so that it can send malicious information that is destined to be stored in a cookie by the server on behalf of the victim. An attacker that infiltrates one client can only orchestrate a header injection attack for that client, all other clients that were not infiltrated are safe. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00343 · 26.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-113 · Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')
Published
2026-05-11T19:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 19:04Z
    Microdot: HTTP response splitting in Response.set_cookie()
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