Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-69217Http4s: Ember Server accepts duplicate Content-Length headers
High 8.7
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in http4s from http4s. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, Ember’s HTTP/1.1 parser accepts differing duplicate Content-Length headers and uses the last value instead of rejecting the message. When an Ember server is behind a keep-alive intermediary that selects a different occurrence, an unauthenticated attacker can create CL.CL request smuggling that bypasses front-end controls, captures a later user’s headers, or poisons a cache. The shared client parser can also misframe responses from a malicious or compromised upstream when the client acts as a proxy for multiple downstream consumers. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-444 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-p83c-4wj9-p6w9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/24e8d34e3ea89f8f23e0053ec9944f6467e8086d x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47 x_refsource_MISC