vulnerability / NVI-00013772 / Revision 2
Http4s: Ember chunk parser lenience (TE.TE request smuggling)
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.12, org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13, org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3, org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13, org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
5.4 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
0.368%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.30713. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.12
source listed<= 0.23.34
## Summary Ember's chunk decoder parses the size token leniently: it strips leading and trailing whitespace and accepts a leading `+` or `-` sign. RFC9112 §7.1 defines `chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG`. An intermediary that parses the chunk boundary differently (or rejects it) will disagree with Ember on request framing, enabling HTTP request smuggling (TE.TE). ## Impact ### Server Request smuggling (TE.TE) when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that forwards the body verbatim but interprets the malformed chunk sizes differently - Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the intermediary might have blocked, with attacker-chosen method and headers. - Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request key in a caching proxy. - Request queue hijack: ### Client ember-client has the same leniencies on the response path, which enables response smuggling when http4s is used as a gateway. This is less severe, as it requires a malicious or compromised upstream rather than an anonymous remote client. ## Preconditions - Unauthenticated remote attacker (server) - ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary - Malicious or
org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13
source listed<= 0.23.34
## Summary Ember's chunk decoder parses the size token leniently: it strips leading and trailing whitespace and accepts a leading `+` or `-` sign. RFC9112 §7.1 defines `chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG`. An intermediary that parses the chunk boundary differently (or rejects it) will disagree with Ember on request framing, enabling HTTP request smuggling (TE.TE). ## Impact ### Server Request smuggling (TE.TE) when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that forwards the body verbatim but interprets the malformed chunk sizes differently - Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the intermediary might have blocked, with attacker-chosen method and headers. - Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request key in a caching proxy. - Request queue hijack: ### Client ember-client has the same leniencies on the response path, which enables response smuggling when http4s is used as a gateway. This is less severe, as it requires a malicious or compromised upstream rather than an anonymous remote client. ## Preconditions - Unauthenticated remote attacker (server) - ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary - Malicious or
org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3
source listed<= 0.23.34
## Summary Ember's chunk decoder parses the size token leniently: it strips leading and trailing whitespace and accepts a leading `+` or `-` sign. RFC9112 §7.1 defines `chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG`. An intermediary that parses the chunk boundary differently (or rejects it) will disagree with Ember on request framing, enabling HTTP request smuggling (TE.TE). ## Impact ### Server Request smuggling (TE.TE) when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that forwards the body verbatim but interprets the malformed chunk sizes differently - Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the intermediary might have blocked, with attacker-chosen method and headers. - Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request key in a caching proxy. - Request queue hijack: ### Client ember-client has the same leniencies on the response path, which enables response smuggling when http4s is used as a gateway. This is less severe, as it requires a malicious or compromised upstream rather than an anonymous remote client. ## Preconditions - Unauthenticated remote attacker (server) - ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary - Malicious or
org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13
source listed>= 1.0.0-M1, <= 1.0.0-M46
## Summary Ember's chunk decoder parses the size token leniently: it strips leading and trailing whitespace and accepts a leading `+` or `-` sign. RFC9112 §7.1 defines `chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG`. An intermediary that parses the chunk boundary differently (or rejects it) will disagree with Ember on request framing, enabling HTTP request smuggling (TE.TE). ## Impact ### Server Request smuggling (TE.TE) when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that forwards the body verbatim but interprets the malformed chunk sizes differently - Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the intermediary might have blocked, with attacker-chosen method and headers. - Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request key in a caching proxy. - Request queue hijack: ### Client ember-client has the same leniencies on the response path, which enables response smuggling when http4s is used as a gateway. This is less severe, as it requires a malicious or compromised upstream rather than an anonymous remote client. ## Preconditions - Unauthenticated remote attacker (server) - ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary - Malicious or
org.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3
source listed>= 1.0.0-M1, <= 1.0.0-M46
## Summary Ember's chunk decoder parses the size token leniently: it strips leading and trailing whitespace and accepts a leading `+` or `-` sign. RFC9112 §7.1 defines `chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG`. An intermediary that parses the chunk boundary differently (or rejects it) will disagree with Ember on request framing, enabling HTTP request smuggling (TE.TE). ## Impact ### Server Request smuggling (TE.TE) when ember-server is an origin behind an intermediary that forwards the body verbatim but interprets the malformed chunk sizes differently - Front-end security bypass: the smuggled request reaches paths the intermediary might have blocked, with attacker-chosen method and headers. - Cache poisoning: the smuggled response is associated with the next request key in a caching proxy. - Request queue hijack: ### Client ember-client has the same leniencies on the response path, which enables response smuggling when http4s is used as a gateway. This is less severe, as it requires a malicious or compromised upstream rather than an anonymous remote client. ## Preconditions - Unauthenticated remote attacker (server) - ember-server as origin behind a keep-alive intermediary - Malicious or
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.
- GHSA-jrpm-956j-96jg ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
- CVE-2026-69216 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.