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.
No advisories yet.
Solution
Upgrade to Gazelle 0.50 or later.
Workaround
Migrate to Starman version 0.4018 or newer which has fixed the issue. Or apply the patch.
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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. | |
| Title | Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-444 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-07T16:13:49.501Z
Reserved: 2026-04-14T11:35:53.644Z
Link: CVE-2026-40562
Updated: 2026-05-06T16:32:45.619Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-06T13:16:09.110
Modified: 2026-05-07T17:15:58.903
Link: CVE-2026-40562
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