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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

Fix available

0.4018
Patch commits
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