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Pluto's http.request allows CR and LF in header values

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Pluto is a superset of Lua 5.4 with a focus on general-purpose programming. Scripts passing user-controlled values to http.request header values are affected. An attacker could use this to send arbitrary requests, potentially leveraging authentication tokens provided in the same headers table.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-45597
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 17:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Pluto's http.request allows CR and LF in header values

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Sept 2024, 21:42 UTC

Pluto is a superset of Lua 5.4 with a focus on general-purpose programming. Scripts passing user-controlled values to http.request header values are affected. An attacker could use this to send arbitrary requests, potentially leveraging authentication tokens provided in the same headers table.

osv:CVE-2024-45597
Complete source record
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