7.4
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-73495
blaze: Chunked-body trailer fields promoted into Request.headers in blaze-server (front-end header-sanitization bypass)
Description

blaze is a Scala library for building asynchronous pipelines, with a focus on network IO. Prior to 0.23.18 and 1.0.0-M42, blaze-server can merge HTTP/1.1 chunked-body trailer fields into Request.headers. Because trailer fields are attacker-controlled, an unauthenticated remote client can inject arbitrary header names and values, including X-Forwarded-For and internal authorization headers, that a fronting proxy sanitized from the request-header section, bypassing header-based trust decisions in the application. Any http4s application using BlazeServerBuilder over HTTP/1.1 whose routes or middleware trust proxy-set headers, including X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, and X-Forwarded-Host, is affected. If a fronting proxy strips or normalizes those headers but forwards chunked bodies with trailers intact, an attacker can spoof client IP for allow-lists, rate limits, or auditing, forge the https scheme, or inject internal authorization headers. A promoted Connection: close trailer is also honored, allowing attacker-controlled termination of pooled backend connections. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.18 and 1.0.0-M42.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2026, 10:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2026, 10:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update blaze to version 0.23.18 or 1.0.0-M42 or later.
  • Update blaze to version 0.23.18.
  • Update blaze to version 1.0.0-M42.
  • Ensure proxy forwards chunked bodies correctly.
  • Review trust decisions based on request headers.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'http4s', 'product': 'blaze', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 0.23.18'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M42'}]}]
    Added Description blaze is a Scala library for building asynchronous pipelines, with a focus on network IO. Prior to 0.23.18 and 1.0.0-M42, blaze-server can merge HTTP/1.1 chunked-body trailer fields into Request.headers. Because trailer fields are attacker-controlled, an unauthenticated remote client can inject arbitrary header names and values, including X-Forwarded-For and internal authorization headers, that a fronting proxy sanitized from the request-header section, bypassing header-based trust decisions in the application. Any http4s application using BlazeServerBuilder over HTTP/1.1 whose routes or middleware trust proxy-set headers, including X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, and X-Forwarded-Host, is affected. If a fronting proxy strips or normalizes those headers but forwards chunked bodies with trailers intact, an attacker can spoof client IP for allow-lists, rate limits, or auditing, forge the https scheme, or inject internal authorization headers. A promoted Connection: close trailer is also honored, allowing attacker-controlled termination of pooled backend connections. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.18 and 1.0.0-M42.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-444
    Added Reference https://github.com/http4s/blaze/commit/ef3e666c146cfc16cb6603f1fc3c464daab4a24f
    Added Reference https://github.com/http4s/blaze/releases/tag/v0.23.18
    Added Reference https://github.com/http4s/blaze/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M42
    Added Reference https://github.com/http4s/blaze/security/advisories/GHSA-46q4-43ph-c6fr
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