CVE-2026-55766: guzzlehttp/psr7 CRLF Injection Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2026-55766 is a MODERATE (CVSS 4.8) crlf injection vulnerability (CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')) affecting guzzlehttp/psr7 libraries in the Packagist ecosystem. The issue involves crlf injection in http start-line serialization. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 2.12.1.
CVE-2026-55766 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 4.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2026-55766
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected guzzlehttp/psr7 dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade guzzlehttp/psr7 to 2.12.1
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for guzzlehttp/psr7
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2026-55766, inspect your project dependencies for guzzlehttp/psr7:
inspect dependencies for guzzlehttp/psr7
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of guzzlehttp/psr7 in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 2.12.1), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting'), where the product receives data from an http agent/component (e.g., web server, proxy, browser, etc.), but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes cr and lf characters before the data is included in outgoing http headers. In guzzlehttp/psr7, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2026-55766 Affected guzzlehttp/psr7 Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
guzzlehttp/psr7
|
Packagist |
< 2.12.1
|
2.12.1
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-vm85-hxw5-5432",
"modified" : "2026-06-19T14:35:57Z",
"published" : "2026-06-19T14:35:57Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-55766" ],
"summary" : "guzzlehttp/psr7: CRLF Injection in HTTP Start-Line Serialization",
"details" : "### Impact\n\n`guzzlehttp/psr7` did not reject CR/LF characters in certain first-party HTTP start-line fields: the request method, protocol version, and response reason phrase. If an application placed attacker-controlled data into one of those fields and later serialized the PSR-7 message as raw HTTP/1.x, for example with `Message::toString()` or an equivalent serializer, the serialized message could contain attacker-controlled header lines. The issue can also be reached through `Message::parseRequest()` or `Message::parseResponse()` when malformed raw messages are parsed into first-party PSR-7 objects and then serialized again.\n\nCreating or modifying a `Request`, `Response`, or other PSR-7 object alone is not sufficient. The issue requires the malformed message to be serialized and written to the network, forwarded, replayed, or otherwise processed by software that does not independently reject the malformed start line. This is not the normal request-sending path used by `guzzlehttp/guzzle`; applications using `guzzlehttp/psr7` only through Guzzle's standard HTTP client APIs are not expected to be affected.\n\nApplications are most likely to be affected when they manually serialize PSR-7 messages, forward raw HTTP messages, or use custom transports, proxying, crawling, webhook delivery, testing, or similar code. Depending on how downstream HTTP/1.1 components parse the serialized message, this may lead to header injection, response splitting, request smuggling, or cache poisoning.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue is patched in `2.12.1` and later. Starting in that release, `guzzlehttp/psr7` rejects CR/LF characters in HTTP method, protocol version, and response reason phrase values before storing them in first-party message objects.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf you cannot upgrade immediately, reject CR/LF in untrusted method, protocol version, and reason phrase values before constructing or modifying PSR-7 messages.\n\nApplications that parse, forward, replay, or serialize raw HTTP messages cannot work around the parser entry points by validating only after parsing. They should validate the raw start line before calling `Message::parseRequest()` or `Message::parseResponse()`, avoid reparsing untrusted raw messages, or upgrade. If an application runs with attacker-controlled synthetic `$_SERVER` values, validate `REQUEST_METHOD` and `SERVER_PROTOCOL` before calling `ServerRequest::fromGlobals()`.",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V3",
"score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
} ],
"affected" : [ {
"package" : {
"ecosystem" : "Packagist",
"name" : "guzzlehttp/psr7"
},
"ranges" : [ {
"type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
"events" : [ {
"introduced" : "0"
}, {
"fixed" : "2.12.1"
} ]
} ]
} ],
"references" : [ {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/guzzle/psr7/security/advisories/GHSA-vm85-hxw5-5432"
}, {
"type" : "PACKAGE",
"url" : "https://github.com/guzzle/psr7"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-113", "CWE-93" ],
"severity" : "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed" : true,
"github_reviewed_at" : "2026-06-19T14:35:57Z",
"nvd_published_at" : null
}
}