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rust-actix-http — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73051

actix-http versions before 3.12.1 contain an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 parser that accepts requests with both Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding: chunked headers. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this through a front-end intermediary to desynchronize backend requests and smuggle malicious HTTP requests to the Actix service.

Products
rust-actix-http
Affected versions
3.11.2-1, 3.11.2-2, 3.12.0-1, 3.13.1-2, 3.9.0-3
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-73051
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 03:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73051

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Aug 2026, 12:16 UTC

actix-http versions before 3.12.1 contain an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 parser that accepts requests with both Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding: chunked headers. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this through a front-end intermediary to desynchronize backend requests and smuggle malicious HTTP requests to the Actix service.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73051

rust-actix-http

Fixed versions: Not specified

rust-actix-http

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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