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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-40562 EUVD-2026-27825GHSA-mjw2-gf6p-382h

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

Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 7, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
KAZEBURO Gazelle ≤ 0.49 —

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