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CVE-2019-16785

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 2.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-12-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2019-16785
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
2.71%

Original NVD Description

Waitress through version 1.3.1 implemented a "MAY" part of the RFC7230 which states: "Although the line terminator for the start-line and header fields is the sequence CRLF, a recipient MAY recognize a single LF as a line terminator and ignore any preceding CR." Unfortunately if a front-end server does not parse header fields with an LF the same way as it does those with a CRLF it can lead to the front-end and the back-end server parsing the same HTTP message in two different ways. This can lead to a potential for HTTP request smuggling/splitting whereby Waitress may see two requests while the front-end server only sees a single HTTP message. This issue is fixed in Waitress 1.4.0.

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