HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting libevent-doc package, versions <0:2.1.13-1.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.78% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-LIBEVENTDOC-19896033
  • published18 Sept 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026

Introduced: 20 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-63382  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 libevent-doc to version 0:2.1.13-1.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:67910.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libevent-doc package and not the libevent-doc package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, the libevent evhttp parser in http.c inconsistently handles duplicate Transfer-Encoding headers, comma-separated Transfer-Encoding values, and bare line feeds in chunked framing. evhttp_find_header can select only the first header, evhttp_check_transfer_encoding_ was absent so the previous whole-string comparison fails to recognize valid lists ending in chunked, and evhttp_handle_chunked_read uses EVBUFFER_EOL_CRLF rather than EVBUFFER_EOL_CRLF_STRICT, accepting bare LF chunk terminators. When libevent is deployed behind a proxy that frames the same request differently, an unauthenticated remote attacker can desynchronize request boundaries and smuggle a second request, potentially bypassing access controls or poisoning caches. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1