CVE-2026-63379
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Description
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent processes chunked HTTP trailers in http.c through evhttp_read_trailer and merges them into request headers. The fix introduces evhttp_parse_headers_impl_ and a temporary trailer header list. An unauthenticated remote attacker can place security-sensitive fields in trailers so that an upstream proxy and the libevent application interpret different effective headers, enabling header smuggling, authorization bypass, proxy-header spoofing, or cache poisoning. The fix parses trailers into a temporary header list and discards them instead of merging them into req->input_headers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-63379",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-20T18:16:35.200",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
"cveTags": [],
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"lang": "en",
"value": "Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent processes chunked HTTP trailers in http.c through evhttp_read_trailer and merges them into request headers. The fix introduces evhttp_parse_headers_impl_ and a temporary trailer header list. An unauthenticated remote attacker can place security-sensitive fields in trailers so that an upstream proxy and the libevent application interpret different effective headers, enabling header smuggling, authorization bypass, proxy-header spoofing, or cache poisoning. The fix parses trailers into a temporary header list and discards them instead of merging them into req->input_headers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha."
},
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"value": "Libevent es una biblioteca de notificación de eventos. Antes de 2.1.13 y 2.2.2-alpha, libevent procesa los tráileres HTTP segmentados en http.c a través de evhttp_read_trailer y los fusiona en los encabezados de solicitud. La corrección introduce evhttp_parse_headers_impl_ y una lista temporal de encabezados de tráiler. Un atacante remoto no autenticado puede colocar campos sensibles a la seguridad en los tráileres de modo que un proxy ascendente y la aplicación libevent interpreten encabezados efectivos diferentes, lo que permite el contrabando de encabezados, la omisión de autorización, la suplantación de encabezados de proxy o el envenenamiento de caché. La corrección analiza los tráileres en una lista temporal de encabezados y los descarta en lugar de fusionarlos en req -> input_headers. Este problema está corregido en las versiones 2.1.13 y 2.2.2-alpha."
}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "libevent",
"product": "libevent",
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}
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
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"baseScore": 6.3,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
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"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
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"vulnIntegrityImpact": "LOW",
"vulnAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
"subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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"subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
"exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"weaknesses": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/87e8e44fa774e9677b089b1a5114ee68aefa1636",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/b847071141b3827900d536594ec9045eb0a4c485",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-2gmv-p5m7-98p6",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}