CVE-2026-73051
MEDIUM
6,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
actix-http versions before 3.12.1 contain an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 parser that accepts requests with both Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding: chunked headers. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this through a front-end intermediary to desynchronize backend requests and smuggle malicious HTTP requests to the Actix service.
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Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Non-Repudiation
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Unexpected State
Hide Activities
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
Web Based, Web Server
https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-xhj4-vrgc-hr34
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actix-http-before-http-request-smuggling-v…