CVE-2026-40562

7.5 HIGH
Published: May 06, 2026 Modified: May 11, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3
Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
Third Party Advisory
https://metacpan.org/release/KAZEBURO/Gazelle-0.50/changes
Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/06/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

kazeburo