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Description
Tesla.Multipart.part_headers_for_disposition/1 interpolates each disposition parameter as #{k}="#{v}" with no validation of CR (\r), LF (\n), or double-quote characters. The values come verbatim from the caller via Tesla.Multipart.add_field/4 (the name parameter), Tesla.Multipart.add_file/3, and Tesla.Multipart.add_file_content/4 (both the filename parameter and other disposition opts). A " in the value closes the quoted parameter early; a \r\n ends the Content-Disposition header line and starts a new part header (such as a forged Content-Type), or, after a second \r\n, ends the entire part header block and prepends bytes to the part body. The default-filename path in add_file/3 derives the filename via Path.basename/1, which does not strip CR or LF, so any application forwarding a partially-attacker-controlled file path inherits the same issue.
This issue affects tesla: from 0.8.0 before 1.18.3.
Weaknesses & attack patterns
Weakness
CWE-116
·
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
in catalog →
MITRE ↗
Attack patterns
CAPEC-105
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HTTP Request Splitting
MITRE ↗
Affected — Hex / tesla Hex.pm ↗ Repository ↗
modules · source files · routines
Affected — GitHub / elixir-tesla/tesla Repository ↗
modules · source files · routines
Workarounds
Configurations
References
GHSA-28jh-g32x-v9v4 ↗
vendor-advisory
EEF-CVE-2026-48598 ↗
related
Credits
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N