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.
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Miyagawa starman
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Miyagawa starman

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Description 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.
Title Starman versions before 0.4018 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence
Weaknesses CWE-444
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published: 2026-04-28T23:46:37.780Z

Updated: 2026-04-29T19:06:02.932Z

Reserved: 2026-04-14T11:35:53.644Z

Link: CVE-2026-40560

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T03:04:48.511Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-29T00:16:03.927

Modified: 2026-04-30T15:13:14.230

Link: CVE-2026-40560

cve-icon Redhat

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