CVE-2026-55766 | guzzlehttp/psr7: CRLF Injection in HTTP Start-Line Serialization

guzzlehttp/psr7 is a PSR-7 HTTP message library implementation in PHP. Prior to 2.12.1, 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. Creating 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 vulnerability is fixed in 2.12.1.

Published: 2026-06-23 Last update: 2026-06-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-55766 is rated Low Risk (21/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-55766

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-24 0.16%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-55766

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.8 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.2 2.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-55766

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-55766

GHSA-vm85-hxw5-5432 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — guzzlehttp/psr7: CRLF Injection in HTTP Start-Line Serialization

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-55766

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-55766 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (php-guzzlehttp-psr7), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55766
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-55766 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php-guzzlehttp-psr7), 6 status rows across 6 suites (focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream): needs-triage 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-55766

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-55766

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
guzzlephp psr-7 < 2.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:guzzlephp:psr-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-55766

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