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CVE-2026-69204 (GCVE-0-2026-69204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-15 18:43 – Updated: 2026-09-15 19:00

Title

Http4s: Ember accepts Transfer-Encoding combined with Content-Length (CL.TE request smuggling)

Summary

Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, Ember HTTP/1.1 does not reject messages containing both Transfer-Encoding and Content-Length, so an intermediary and Ember can select different body framing rules. When ember-server is behind a keep-alive intermediary that forwards both headers and frames by Content-Length, an unauthenticated attacker can smuggle a second request, bypass intermediary access controls, poison caches, or cause a victim request to be joined to an attacker-controlled prefix. The shared response parser can also desynchronize an ember-client connection when a malicious or compromised upstream sends both headers. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.

Severity

9.2 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-15 19:00 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/9feaf8677…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
http4s	http4s	Affected: < 0.23.35 Affected: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-69204

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-15 19:17 - Updated: 2026-09-15 19:17

Severity

9.2 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/9feaf8677951a52af906ae9664ff6f0543d9d810
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-8h4c-x2wg-6xp8

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-8H4C-X2WG-6XP8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-15 19:53 – Updated: 2026-09-15 19:53

Summary

Http4s Ember accepts Transfer-Encoding combined with Content-Length (CL.TE request smuggling)

Details

Summary

Ember's HTTP/1.1 request parser does not reject a message that carries both a Transfer-Encoding and a Content-Length header. RFC 9112 §6.1 requires a server to treat such a message as a framing error and close the connection. An intermediary that follows the RFC's CL-strip-and-forward path (or that prioritises Content-Length) will frame the body differently from Ember, enabling HTTP request smuggling (CL.TE).

Impact

Server

Request smuggling when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that forwards both headers over a keep-alive backend connection and frames by Content-Length while Ember frames by chunked:

Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the intermediary's ACL/auth layer would have blocked, with attacker-chosen method and headers.
Cross-user request hijack: a dangling smuggled prefix concatenates with the next victim's request on the shared backend socket, capturing its headers.
Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request key in a caching proxy.

Client

ember-client shares the same parser on the response path. An upstream that sends both headers can desync a pooled client connection. This requires a malicious or compromised upstream.

Preconditions

Unauthenticated remote attacker (server)
ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary
Intermediary forwards a request carrying both Transfer-Encoding and Content-Length (RFC says it MAY reject; many forward) and frames by Content-Length
Malicious or compromised upstream (client)

Workarounds

Intermediary strictly rejects requests carrying both Transfer-Encoding and Content-Length
Intermediary buffers and re-encodes request bodies
Disable backend keep-alive between the intermediary and Ember

Severity

9.2 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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    "CVE-2026-69204"
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      "CWE-444"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-15T19:53:44Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nEmber\u0027s HTTP/1.1 request parser does not reject a message that carries both a\n`Transfer-Encoding` and a `Content-Length` header. RFC 9112 \u00a76.1 requires a\nserver to treat such a message as a framing error and close the connection.\nAn intermediary that follows the RFC\u0027s CL-strip-and-forward path (or that\nprioritises `Content-Length`) will frame the body differently from Ember,\nenabling HTTP request smuggling (CL.TE).\n\n## Impact\n\n### Server\n\nRequest smuggling when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that\nforwards both headers over a keep-alive backend connection and frames by\n`Content-Length` while Ember frames by chunked:\n\n- Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the\n  intermediary\u0027s ACL/auth layer would have blocked, with attacker-chosen\n  method and headers.\n- Cross-user request hijack: a dangling smuggled prefix concatenates with the\n  next victim\u0027s request on the shared backend socket, capturing its headers.\n- Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request\n  key in a caching proxy.\n\n### Client\n\nember-client shares the same parser on the response path. An upstream that\nsends both headers can desync a pooled client connection. This requires a\nmalicious or compromised upstream.\n\n## Preconditions\n\n- Unauthenticated remote attacker (server)\n- ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary\n- Intermediary forwards a request carrying both `Transfer-Encoding` and\n  `Content-Length` (RFC says it MAY reject; many forward) and frames by\n  `Content-Length`\n- Malicious or compromised upstream (client)\n\n## Workarounds\n\n- Intermediary strictly rejects requests carrying both `Transfer-Encoding`\n  and `Content-Length`\n- Intermediary buffers and re-encodes request bodies\n- Disable backend keep-alive between the intermediary and Ember",
  "id": "GHSA-8h4c-x2wg-6xp8",
  "modified": "2026-09-15T19:53:44Z",
  "published": "2026-09-15T19:53:44Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-8h4c-x2wg-6xp8"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Http4s Ember accepts Transfer-Encoding combined with Content-Length (CL.TE request smuggling)"
}

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CVE-2026-69204 (GCVE-0-2026-69204)

FKIE_CVE-2026-69204

GHSA-8H4C-X2WG-6XP8

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