CVE-2026-69216

Http4s: Ember chunk parser lenience (TE.TE request smuggling)

State
Published
Severity
5.4 Medium
Published
Sep 15, 2026
Updated
Sep 16, 2026
Reserved
Aug 3, 2026

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Description

Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, Ember’s chunk decoder trims the chunk-size token and accepts leading plus or minus signs instead of requiring one or more hexadecimal digits followed by the required CRLF. When an intermediary forwards chunked data without re-encoding and interprets malformed chunk boundaries differently, an unauthenticated attacker can create TE.TE request smuggling that bypasses intermediary controls, poisons caches, or hijacks the request queue. The same response-path leniency can enable response smuggling against an ember-client used as a gateway when the upstream is malicious or compromised. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
http4shttp4s
  • < 0.23.35Affected
  • >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47Affected

References

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