HIGHCVE-2026-40560Published Modified CNA CPANSec
CVE-2026-40560: Starman versions before 0.4018 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence
Starman versions before 0.4018 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Starman 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.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0.4018
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- MIYAGAWA / Starman< 0.4018 (from 0)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N