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.
No advisories yet.
Solution
Upgrade to version 0.4018
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:miyagawa:starman:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* |
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Miyagawa
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Miyagawa
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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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-29T19:06:02.932Z
Reserved: 2026-04-14T11:35:53.644Z
Link: CVE-2026-40560
Updated: 2026-04-29T03:04:48.511Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-04-29T00:16:03.927
Modified: 2026-05-06T16:35:19.297
Link: CVE-2026-40560
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-04-29T21:45:20Z