Low severity · published Jul 10, 2026
CVE-2026-56813
Cookie attribute injection in Plug.Conn.Cookies.encode/2
2.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Neutralization of Parameter/Argument Delimiters vulnerability in elixir-plug plug allows an attacker to inject or override HTTP cookie attributes.
The Plug.Conn.Cookies.encode/2 function in lib/plug/conn/cookies.ex builds the Set-Cookie response header by interpolating the cookie value and its path, domain, same_site, and extra attributes directly into the header without neutralizing the ; delimiter that separates cookie attributes.
An application that places attacker-controlled data into a cookie value or attribute (for example via Plug.Conn.put_resp_cookie/4 when reflecting a username or preference) lets an attacker inject a ; to append or override cookie attributes (such as Domain and Path scope, or dropping the Secure and HttpOnly flags), enabling cookie tossing and session fixation. Carriage return, line feed, and null bytes are rejected by Plug.Conn header validation, so HTTP response splitting is not possible, but attribute injection through ; is not prevented.
This issue affects plug: from 0.1.0 before 1.16.6, from 1.17.0 before 1.17.4, from 1.18.0 before 1.18.5, from 1.19.1 before 1.19.5, and from 1.20.0 before 1.20.3.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PL
plug · elixir-plug
0.1.0 before 1.16.6; 1.17.0 before 1.17.4; 1.18.0 before 1.18.5; 1.19.1 before 1.19.5; 1.20.0 before 1.20.3; f26876aa67aaeb38e616638aa3efbcc2fe2906a5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56813
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56813
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-56813.html
github.com
https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/149d9ed68fee0b4f77efd1e835ce5d785856697b
github.com
https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/3f00dfad4e20ba88472e315c90a25742bf178f8e
github.com
https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/4167981747fe9ce75f374b94a28861ae950ea992
github.com
https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/a6d1248659022749869963fd302687165ecf8c8b
github.com
https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/eceb8315ce9a31ef784943a95a8624ebd1bc7e06
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