CakePHP 4.5.12, 4.6.5, 5.1.8 through 5.1.10, 5.2.14 through 5.2.15, 5.3.7, and 5.4.0 through 5.4.3 contain an email header injection vulnerability because SmtpTransport and MailTransport strip only CRLF pairs from header values, an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-77634. Attackers controlling custom headers set via Message::setHeaders() or Message::addHeaders() can insert a bare CR or LF to inject headers like Bcc, redirecting or altering outgoing mail.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/2b9326ca3f17b2e940c6c9f50d821e9929c00f39 patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/773587406a29eedc2e0031e12683b08e112cc538 patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/3b997318539c48a423b77651c61c9f229cbf9e33 patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/e5936b286cc389b1497fd9b675a2133ba9ac557d patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/19695 patch, issue-tracking
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.3 · cakephpNVD modified 2026-10-30 11:30
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 11
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/2b9326ca3f17b2e940c6c9f50d821e9929c00f39 patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/773587406a29eedc2e0031e12683b08e112cc538 patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/3b997318539c48a423b77651c61c9f229cbf9e33 patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/e5936b286cc389b1497fd9b675a2133ba9ac557d patch
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/19695 patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Mailer/Transport/SmtpTransport.php#L574 technical-description
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/6f3dd91371ac0698b64024ddb21d57def9fbba91/src/Mailer/Transport/MailTransport.php#L57 technical-description
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-2qh5-382h-3jpc related, vendor-advisory
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/cakephp-smtp-crlf third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cakephp-through-5.4.3-email-header-injection-via-bare-cr-lf-in-smtptransport-and-mailtransport third-party-advisory