CVE-2025-59822
Http4s vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling due to improper handling of HTTP trailer section
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- Published
- Sep 23, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 22, 2025
Description
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. In versions from 1.0.0-M1 to before 1.0.0-M45 and before 0.23.31, http4s is vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling due to improper handling of HTTP trailer section. This vulnerability could enable attackers to bypass front-end servers security controls, launch targeted attacks against active users, and poison web caches. A pre-requisite for exploitation involves the web application being deployed behind a reverse-proxy that forwards trailer headers. This issue has been patched in versions 1.0.0-M45 and 0.23.31.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
http4shttp4s |
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References
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