CVE-2026-40562

HIGH

Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 23.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-444
Status published
Products (2)
KAZEBURO/Gazelle < 0.49
kazeburo/gazelle < 0.50
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026