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CVE-2018-1000164

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gunicorn versions prior to 19.5.0, specifically impacting the "process_headers" function in "gunicorn/http/wsgi.py". This flaw, categorized as CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers), allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into server responses. The CVSS v3 score of 7.5 indicates a high impact on integrity, with no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, organizations using affected Gunicorn versions should upgrade to 19.5.0 or later to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
19.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gunicorn:gunicorn:19.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: gunicornFixed in: 19.5.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python-gunicorn
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2Fixed in: python-gunicorn

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-32pc-xphx-q4f6high

Gunicorn contains Improper Neutralization of CRLF sequences in HTTP headers

Jul 12, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-1000164Moderate

python-gunicorn: Improper neutralization of CRLF Sequences http/wsgi.py:process_headers() can allow an attacker to cause a server to return arbitrary HTTP headers

Mar 17, 2016

References

epadillas.github.io / 2018/04/02/http-header-splitting-in-gunicorn-19.4.5
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / benoitc/gunicorn/issues/1227
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00022.html
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4022-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4186
Third Party Advisory