CPANSA-Starman-2026-40560: Starman vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2026-04-29T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2026-04-29T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 7.5 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
Starman versions before 0.4018 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Starman incorrectly prioritizes "Content-Length" over "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" when both headers are present in an HTTP request. Per RFC 7230 3.3.3, Transfer-Encoding must take precedence. An attacker could exploit this to smuggle malicious HTTP requests via a front-end reverse proxy.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-40560
Vulnerability DescriptionStarman versions before 0.4018 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence.
Starman incorrectly prioritizes "Content-Length" over "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" when both headers are present in an HTTP request. Per RFC 7230 3.3.3, Transfer-Encoding must take precedence.
An attacker could exploit this to smuggle malicious HTTP requests via a front-end reverse proxy.
| Weakness | CWE-444 : Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
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| Starman less than 0.4018 |
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Fixed
- Starman greater than or equal 0.4018
giterlizzi
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References
- CPANSA-Starman-2026-40560 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-starman-2026-40560.json - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3 external
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3 - https://github.com/miyagawa/Starman/commit/ced205f0805027e9d9c0731f8c40b104220604ed.patch external
https://github.com/miyagawa/Starman/commit/ced205f0805027e9d9c0731f8c40b104220604ed.patch - https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Starman-0.4018/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Starman-0.4018/changes - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/1 external
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/1 - CVE-2026-40560 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40560
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 2026 | First release |
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