Vulnerability · CVE-2026-40562
Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence.
Published May 6, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Gazelle versions through 0.49
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-40562. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of Gazelle versions through 0.49 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Gazelle versions through 0.49).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.50%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe kazeburo/gazelle
Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Gazelle 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.
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- cpe kazeburo/gazelleversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-40562
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-40562. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of Gazelle versions through 0.49 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-444: HTTP Request Smuggling. EPSS 0.50%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 6, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Gazelle 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.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Gazelle 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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40562
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-40562
30-day exploitation probability 0.5%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40562
Gazelle versions through 0.49 for Perl allows HTTP Request Smuggling via Improper Header Precedence. Gazelle 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 ta
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.