CVE-2026-102479

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  "id": "CVE-2026-102479",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-14T19:17:05.313",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T21:16:55.323",
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      "value": "In Eclipse Vert.x versions [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the Vert.x HTTP/1.x decoder uses a canonicalization for well known HTTP headers, the canonicalization process interprets well crafted headers as headers of this list, allowing for instance Content-Xength to be interpeted as Content-Length.\n\n\n\nThis can be exploited for request smuggling purpose.\n\n\n\nThe impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-core."
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