{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Gazelle 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": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Gazelle-2026-40562 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-gazelle-2026-40562.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3", "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/KAZEBURO/Gazelle-0.50/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/KAZEBURO/Gazelle-0.50/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://security.metacpan.org/patches/G/Gazelle/0.49/CVE-2026-40562-r1.patch", "url": "https://security.metacpan.org/patches/G/Gazelle/0.49/CVE-2026-40562-r1.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/06/7", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/06/7" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-40562 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40562" } ], "title": "Gazelle vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-06T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Gazelle-2026-40562", "initial_release_date": "2026-05-06T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-05-06T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<0.50", "product": { "name": "Gazelle less than 0.50", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Gazelle" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.50", "product": { "name": "Gazelle greater than or equal 0.50", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Gazelle" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Gazelle" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-40562", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-444", "name": "Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence.\n\nGazelle 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.\n\nAn attacker could exploit this to smuggle malicious HTTP requests via a front-end reverse proxy.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }