Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-33128

H3 ≤ 1.15.6

Public PoC
Published
20 March 2026
Modified
20 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0057 44th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-33128 is a high-severity CRLF Injection (CWE-93) vulnerability in H3 H3. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-33128 is a Server-Sent Events (SSE) injection vulnerability in the H3 minimal HTTP framework, specifically affecting the createEventStream function due to missing newline sanitization in formatEventStreamMessage() and formatEventStreamComment(). The flaw impacts H3 versions prior to 1.15.6 and those between 2.0.0 through 2.0.1-rc.14. It is rated 7.5 on the CVSS 3.1 scale (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N) and maps to CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences).

An attacker who controls any part of an SSE message field—such as id, event, data, or comment—can inject arbitrary SSE events that are delivered to connected clients. Exploitation requires network access and high attack complexity but no privileges or user interaction, with scope changing to enable low confidentiality impact and high integrity impact through injected events.

The H3 GitHub security advisory (GHSA-22cc-p3c6-wpvm) and related commit detail the fix, implemented in versions 1.15.6 and 2.0.1-rc.15 via proper sanitization. Security practitioners should upgrade affected H3 instances to these patched releases to mitigate the issue.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

H3 is a minimal H(TTP) framework. In versions prior to 1.15.6 and between 2.0.0 through 2.0.1-rc.14, createEventStream is vulnerable to Server-Sent Events (SSE) injection due to missing newline sanitization in formatEventStreamMessage() and formatEventStreamComment(). An attacker who controls any part of…

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an SSE message field (id, event, data, or comment) can inject arbitrary SSE events to connected clients. This issue is fixed in versions 1.15.6 and 2.0.1-rc.15.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2026-49130Shared CWE-93
CVE-2025-6175Shared CWE-93
CVE-2026-43968Shared CWE-93
CVE-2026-44092Shared CWE-93
CVE-2026-12357Shared CWE-93
CVE-2026-39394Shared CWE-93

Affected Assets

h3
h3
2.0.0, 2.0.1 · ≤ 1.15.6

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V4.2.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Input validation directly stops untrusted data containing CRLF sequences from reaching the component that treats CRLF as a delimiter.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input neutralization and validation to block CRLF injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect CRLF flaws but does not itself implement the neutralization.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents CRLF injection.

prevents

Application security requirements include rules for neutralizing special characters such as CRLF in inputs.

prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage safe handling of untrusted data but do not prescribe specific CRLF controls.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require neutralization of CRLF sequences, fully addressing this weakness.

References