vetkit.nginx.header.crlf-injection
nginx writes the decoded request path ($uri / $document_uri) into a redirect or response header. A request containing an encoded line break (%0d%0a) can inject headers into the response (HTTP response splitting).
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nginx writes the decoded request path ($uri / $document_uri) into a redirect or response header. A request containing an encoded line break (%0d%0a) can inject headers into the response (HTTP response splitting).
Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING
How to fix it
Use $request_uri, which keeps the original percent-encoding, in redirects and headers.
References
Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/config.yml.
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