CVE-2026-77634
Description
CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP. Prior to versions 4.5.12, 4.6.5, 5.1.8, 5.2.14, and 5.3.7 on their respective release lines, custom mail headers added with Message::setHeaders() or Message::addHeaders() do not have CRLF bytes removed, allowing header injection when user-controlled data is used in message headers. This issue is fixed in versions 4.5.12, 4.6.5, 5.1.8, 5.2.14, and 5.3.7.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/08188962bcd99a95da1e49f62e786f2d688f1e41
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/2afe42b02d8ddc5d442bca5e8bb61910a727646e
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/3e09dae6cbdc983754fa3a8e6aae74da102a3ea1
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/commit/b67b622457362b075bb37e625a82af73a0b3c9c3
- https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/security/advisories/GHSA-2qh5-382h-3jpc
CWEs
CWE-93
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.