HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting protocol-http1 package, versions <0.15.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-PROTOCOLHTTP1-5819553
  • published4 Aug 2023
  • disclosed3 Aug 2023
  • creditmukeran, chenjj

Introduced: 3 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade protocol-http1 to version 0.15.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling due to improper RFC implementation. This behavior can lead to desync when forwarding through multiple HTTP parsers, potentially resulting in HTTP request smuggling and firewall bypassing.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1