CVE-2026-69216
Http4s: Ember chunk parser lenience (TE.TE request smuggling)
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.12 | <= 0.23.34 | 0.23.35 |
| maven | org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13 | <= 0.23.34 | 0.23.35 |
| maven | org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3 | <= 0.23.34 | 0.23.35 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrpm-956j-96jg
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-jrpm-956j-96jg
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/d78612a5abd5a2547487598d3342be05573e16f0
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47