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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22960

The parse function in llhttp < 2.1.4 and < 6.0.6. ignores chunk extensions when parsing the body of chunked requests. This leads to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS) under certain conditions.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:52 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22960

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Nov 2021, 20:15 UTC

The parse function in llhttp < 2.1.4 and < 6.0.6. ignores chunk extensions when parsing the body of chunked requests. This leads to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS) under certain conditions.

osv:CVE-2021-22960
Complete source record
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