Description
Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl send a body in responses to HEAD requests, corrupting the next response on a persistent or pipelined connection.

The request method is not passed to the response writer, so whatever body the application returns for a HEAD request is sent. With Plack::Middleware::Head the body is empty, but an HTTP/1.1 response without a Content-Length header still gets the chunked encoding terminator. Responses with status 204 or 304 are also sent with their body.

Pipelined GET and HEAD requests keep the connection open even when keep-alive is disabled, which is the default. A client or proxy reading the connection takes the extra bytes as the start of the next response, which may desynchronize a proxy that shares the connection across clients.
Published: 2026-10-30
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KEV: No
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Upgrade to Starlet 0.33 or later.

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History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Kazuho
Kazuho starlet
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Kazuho starlet

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl send a body in responses to HEAD requests, corrupting the next response on a persistent or pipelined connection. The request method is not passed to the response writer, so whatever body the application returns for a HEAD request is sent. With Plack::Middleware::Head the body is empty, but an HTTP/1.1 response without a Content-Length header still gets the chunked encoding terminator. Responses with status 204 or 304 are also sent with their body. Pipelined GET and HEAD requests keep the connection open even when keep-alive is disabled, which is the default. A client or proxy reading the connection takes the extra bytes as the start of the next response, which may desynchronize a proxy that shares the connection across clients.
Title Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl send a body in responses to HEAD requests, corrupting the next response on a persistent or pipelined connection
Weaknesses CWE-444
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T12:46:11.352Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T10:18:33.774Z

Link: CVE-2026-116127

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-30T13:18:31.180

Modified: 2026-10-30T13:18:31.180

Link: CVE-2026-116127

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Updated: 2026-10-30T15:00:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-444

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