Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-69216
Http4s: Ember chunk parser lenience (TE.TE request smuggling)
5.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HT
http4s · http4s
< 0.23.35; >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M47 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69216
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-69216
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/d78612a5abd5a2547487598d3342be05573e16f0
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-jrpm-956j-96jg
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