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CVE-2026-40561

CVE-kwetsbaarheidsdetails - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Gepubliceerd 2026-05-03 00:57:31
Laatst bijgewerkt 2026-05-07 16:45:01
Toegewezen door CPANSec
CVSS-score 5.3
Status PUBLISHED

Beschrijving

Starlet versions through 0.31 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Starlet 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.