CVE-2021-23339 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This affects all versions before 10.1.14 and from 10.2.0 to 10.2.4 of package com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core. It allows multiple Transfer-Encoding headers.

Published: 2021-02-17

Score: 5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`all versions before 10.1.14 and from 10.2.0 to 10.2.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:akka-http::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:akka-http::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0909	This affects all versions before 10.1.14 and from 10.2.0 to 10.2.4 of package com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core. It allows multiple Transfer-Encoding headers.
Github GHSA	GHSA-2w7w-2j92-44hx	HTTP Request Smuggling in akka-http-core

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00705.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/pull/3754%23issuecomment-779265201
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMTYPESAFEAKKA-1075043

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Lightbend Akka-http

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2021-02-17T07:55:14.049Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:23:01.801Z

Reserved: 2021-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23339

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-17T08:15:11.330

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:38:35.053

Link: CVE-2021-23339

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-444
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

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