CVE-2026-119415
CakePHP through 5.4.3 contains a header injection vulnerability in FormDataPart that allows attackers to inject MIME part headers via unsanitized Content-Type and Content-ID values. Attackers can supply CR/LF sequences in attachment MIME types or Content-IDs passed to Message::setAttachments() or HTTP client multipart data to add arbitrary headers or content.
Executive briefing
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Severity & attack characteristics
CVSS vector:CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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
Technical explanation & impact
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Affected products and versions
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Remediation & validation
- Identify exposure by comparing the affected product and version ranges with your asset inventory, SBOM and externally exposed services.
- Review the linked vendor security advisory or patch notes. Upgrade to a vendor-confirmed fixed release; do not infer a fixed version from the CVE description.
- Until patched, consider restricting network access or disabling the affected feature where operationally safe. These are temporary controls, not a substitute for a vendor fix.
- Validate the remediation with a version check and vulnerability rescan, then retain change evidence.
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Vendor advisories, patches & exploit references
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/cakephp-attachment-crlf REFERENCE disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Http/Client/FormDataPart.php#L200 VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Mailer/Message.php#L1181 VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/27263ae750a3cd8464a5db076f48a731c8283df2 VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/2e54c227eaa4c0e0d5edd74931710fd4f8bc38b5 VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/c9a91149f04e2aee7faa30ed57d40f5b91d3f79e VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/d66e016d2fd9667dd605b56e25fbb3df5365406a VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/19715 VENDOR disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cakephp-through-5.4.3-mime-header-injection-via-formdatapart-content-type REFERENCE disclosure@vulncheck.com