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CVE-2026-40562

Gazelle

Description

Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Gazelle incorrectly prioritizes -Content-Length- over -Transfer-Encoding: chunked- when both headers are present in an HTTP request. Per RFC 7230 3.3.3, Transfer-Encoding must take precedence. An attacker could exploit this to smuggle malicious HTTP requests via a front-end reverse proxy.

CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.319%Risk 0.77
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Published
2026-05-06 13:16:09
Affected versions
<=0.49
Type
Package
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N