Fix incorrect parsing of headers containing equal character (#7303)

* Fix incorrect parsing of header containing equal character * Add changelog fragment * Update changelogs/fragments/7303-mail-incorrect-header-parsing.yml Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> --------- Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> (cherry picked from commit f4237dd)
ansible-collections · Sep 22, 2023 · 0848f40 · 0848f40
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7303-mail-incorrect-header-parsing.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7303-mail-incorrect-header-parsing.yml
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+bugfixes:
+  - mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit`` on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mail.py b/plugins/modules/mail.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def main():
         # NOTE: Backward compatible with old syntax using '|' as delimiter
         for hdr in [x.strip() for x in header.split('|')]:
             try:
-                h_key, h_val = hdr.split('=')
+                h_key, h_val = hdr.split('=', 1)
                 h_val = to_native(Header(h_val, charset))
                 msg.add_header(h_key, h_val)
             except Exception:
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		bugfixes:
		- mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit`` on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).