Impact
Based on the description, the vulnerability resides in the CookieJar middleware of the Http4s HTTP library, which accepts a Set‑Cookie header without validating that its Domain attribute matches the origin of the response or rejecting public suffixes. This flaw allows a malicious or compromised server to store a cookie for an arbitrary domain in the forged cookie, enabling session fixation, cookie overwrite, and other attacks that rely on the integrity of session cookies.
Affected Systems
Any application using http4s in versions older than 0.23.35 or 1.0.0‑M47 is potentially vulnerable. The vulnerable product is the http4s HTTP client and server framework as described by the CVE report.
Risk and Exploitability
Based on the description, the likely attack vector is that an attacker serves a Set‑Cookie header from a server that the vulnerable application trusts, which may be any server on the network or a compromised upstream proxy. The CVSS score of 6.8 indicates moderate severity, and the very low EPSS score (<1%) and lack of KEV listing suggest limited real‑world exploitation, a session hijack or replacement of security‑critical cookies.
OpenCVE Enrichment
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