Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-85078
sanic chunked trailer request smuggling allows hidden second request execution
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Sanic is an opensource python web server/framework. In version 25.12.0, Sanic's core HTTP/1.1 chunked-body handling does not fully consume the trailer-part after the terminating zero chunk before reusing the keep-alive connection buffer. A remote unauthenticated client can place attacker-controlled bytes in that trailer region, causing Sanic to parse and route them as a hidden second request after the outer request. This breaks HTTP request-boundary integrity and can provide a request-smuggling primitive when Sanic is deployed behind intermediaries. This issue is fixed in version 25.12.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
sanic · sanic-org
< 24.12.1; >= 25.12.0, < 25.12.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85078
github.com
https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/commit/47349d689d65fa1907977ac100e867894aeafb22
github.com
https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/commit/69a10d3b06babaa9e5f6d1af577364e9e53b6dea
github.com
https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/commit/a332796506c7c588b6930b02a8886e43eb8ea8d6
github.com
https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/pull/3164
github.com
https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/pull/3165
github.com
https://github.com/sanic-org/sanic/releases/tag/v24.12.1
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