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On {ok, AuthHeader} it removes any existing Proxy-Authorization header and appends the binary <<\"Proxy-Authorization: \", AuthHeader/binary>> to the header list, then retries the handshake with it.\n\n3. Splitting. The header list is joined with CRLF into the CONNECT request. A CR, LF or NUL byte inside AuthHeader therefore ends the Proxy-Authorization line early and the rest is sent as further header lines. The target host and the request headers go through control-byte checks on this path; the callback result did not. The fix applies the same has_ctl_bytes/1 check to it and returns {error, {proxy_auth_error, invalid_header}}.", "supportingMedia": [{"type": "text/html", "value": "<p><strong>1. Challenge.</strong> <code>hackney_http_connect:do_handshake_with_auth/9</code> in <code>src/hackney_http_connect.erl</code> sends the CONNECT request to the proxy. When the proxy answers 407 and the <code>proxy_auth_fun</code> option is set, it hands the status code and the parsed response headers to <code>hackney_http_connect:handle_proxy_auth/11</code>.</p>\n<p><strong>2. Callback result.</strong> <code>handle_proxy_auth/11</code> calls the caller's <code>proxy_auth_fun</code> with those two values. On <code>{ok, AuthHeader}</code> it removes any existing <code>Proxy-Authorization</code> header and appends the binary <code>&lt;&lt;\"Proxy-Authorization: \", AuthHeader/binary&gt;&gt;</code> to the header list, then retries the handshake with it.</p>\n<p><strong>3. Splitting.</strong> The header list is joined with CRLF into the CONNECT request. A CR, LF or NUL byte inside <code>AuthHeader</code> therefore ends the <code>Proxy-Authorization</code> line early and the rest is sent as further header lines. The target host and the request headers go through control-byte checks on this path; the callback result did not. The fix applies the same <code>has_ctl_bytes/1</code> check to it and returns <code>{error, {proxy_auth_error, invalid_header}}</code>.</p>", "base64": false}, {"type": "text/markdown", "value": "**1. Challenge.** `hackney_http_connect:do_handshake_with_auth/9` in `src/hackney_http_connect.erl` sends the CONNECT request to the proxy. When the proxy answers 407 and the `proxy_auth_fun` option is set, it hands the status code and the parsed response headers to `hackney_http_connect:handle_proxy_auth/11`.\n\n**2. Callback result.** `handle_proxy_auth/11` calls the caller's `proxy_auth_fun` with those two values. On `{ok, AuthHeader}` it removes any existing `Proxy-Authorization` header and appends the binary `<<\"Proxy-Authorization: \", AuthHeader/binary>>` to the header list, then retries the handshake with it.\n\n**3. Splitting.** The header list is joined with CRLF into the CONNECT request. A CR, LF or NUL byte inside `AuthHeader` therefore ends the `Proxy-Authorization` line early and the rest is sent as further header lines. The target host and the request headers go through control-byte checks on this path; the callback result did not. The fix applies the same `has_ctl_bytes/1` check to it and returns `{error, {proxy_auth_error, invalid_header}}`.", "base64": false}]}]}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-112880", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-26T15:35:50.632Z", "dateReserved": "2026-10-26T10:15:01.166Z", "assignerOrgId": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db", "datePublished": "2026-10-26T13:48:46.589Z", "assignerShortName": "EEF"}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

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