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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-41732

An issue was discovered in zeek version 4.1.0. There is a HTTP request splitting vulnerability that will invalidate any ZEEK HTTP based security analysis. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the observed behavior is intended

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31 Oct 2026, 11:58 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-41732

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Sept 2021, 19:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in zeek version 4.1.0. There is a HTTP request splitting vulnerability that will invalidate any ZEEK HTTP based security analysis. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the observed behavior is intended

osv:CVE-2021-41732
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:59.096447092Z",
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