The Plug.Conn.Cookies.encode/2 function in lib/plug/conn/cookies.ex builds the Set-Cookie response header by interpolating the cookie value and its path, domain, same_site, and extra attributes directly into the header without neutralizing the ';' delimiter that separates cookie attributes.
An application that places attacker-controlled data into a cookie value or attribute (for example via Plug.Conn.put_resp_cookie/4 when reflecting a username or preference) lets an attacker inject a ';' to append or override cookie attributes (such as Domain and Path scope, or dropping the Secure and HttpOnly flags), enabling cookie tossing and session fixation. Carriage return, line feed, and null bytes are rejected by Plug.Conn header validation, so HTTP response splitting is not possible, but attribute injection through ';' is not prevented.
This issue affects plug: from 0.1.0 before 1.16.6, from 1.17.0 before 1.17.4, from 1.18.0 before 1.18.5, from 1.19.0 before 1.19.5, from 1.20.0 before 1.20.3.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| elixir-plug | plug | unaffected |
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Workaround
Validate or reject the ';' delimiter in any untrusted data before passing it as a cookie value or attribute to Plug.Conn.put_resp_cookie/4 or Plug.Conn.Cookies.encode/2. Carriage return, line feed, and null bytes are already rejected by Plug.Conn header validation.
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Improper Neutralization of Parameter/Argument Delimiters vulnerability in elixir-plug plug allows an attacker to inject or override HTTP cookie attributes. The Plug.Conn.Cookies.encode/2 function in lib/plug/conn/cookies.ex builds the Set-Cookie response header by interpolating the cookie value and its path, domain, same_site, and extra attributes directly into the header without neutralizing the ';' delimiter that separates cookie attributes. An application that places attacker-controlled data into a cookie value or attribute (for example via Plug.Conn.put_resp_cookie/4 when reflecting a username or preference) lets an attacker inject a ';' to append or override cookie attributes (such as Domain and Path scope, or dropping the Secure and HttpOnly flags), enabling cookie tossing and session fixation. Carriage return, line feed, and null bytes are rejected by Plug.Conn header validation, so HTTP response splitting is not possible, but attribute injection through ';' is not prevented. This issue affects plug: from 0.1.0 before 1.16.6, from 1.17.0 before 1.17.4, from 1.18.0 before 1.18.5, from 1.19.0 before 1.19.5, from 1.20.0 before 1.20.3. | |
| Title | Cookie attribute injection in Plug.Conn.Cookies.encode/2 | |
| First Time appeared |
Elixir-plug
Elixir-plug plug |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-141 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:elixir-plug:plug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Elixir-plug
Elixir-plug plug |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-10T14:45:34.174Z
Reserved: 2026-06-23T12:29:02.507Z
Link: CVE-2026-56813
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