{"cve":"CVE-2023-38697","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-04T18:15:15.010","modified":"2026-06-17T06:10:58.447","status":"Modified","description":"protocol-http1 provides a low-level implementation of the HTTP/1 protocol. RFC 9112 Section 7.1 defined the format of chunk size, chunk data and chunk extension. The value of Content-Length header should be a string of 0-9 digits, the chunk size should be a string of hex digits and should split from chunk data using CRLF, and the chunk extension shouldn't contain any invisible character. However, Falcon has following behaviors while disobey the corresponding RFCs: accepting Content-Length header values that have `+` prefix, accepting Content-Length header values that written in hexadecimal with `0x` prefix, accepting `0x` and `+` prefixed chunk size, and accepting LF in chunk extension. This behavior can lead to desync when forwarding through multiple HTTP parsers, potentially results in HTTP request smuggling and firewall bypassing. This issue is fixed in `protocol-http1` v0.15.1. There are no known workarounds.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-444"],"references":["https://github.com/socketry/protocol-http1/commit/e11fc164fd2b36f7b7e785e69fa8859eb06bcedd","https://github.com/socketry/protocol-http1/pull/20","https://github.com/socketry/protocol-http1/security/advisories/GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj","https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9112#name-chunked-transfer-coding","https://github.com/socketry/protocol-http1/commit/e11fc164fd2b36f7b7e785e69fa8859eb06bcedd"],"products":["socketry:protocol-http1"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:35.729974749+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-38697","score":0.00754,"percentile":0.55098,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj","summary":"protocol-http1 HTTP Request/Response Smuggling vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:57.759806094Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"protocol-http1","purl":"pkg:gem/protocol-http1","ranges":["<0.15.1"],"fixed":["0.15.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}