GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-46q4-43ph-c6fr blaze: Chunked-body trailer fields promoted into Request.headers in blaze-server (front-end header-sanitization bypass)
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-73495
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.http4s:blaze-http_2.13, org.http4s:blaze-http_2.12, org.http4s:blaze-http_3
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-444
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-24
Affected packages
• Maven org.http4s:blaze-http_2.13: < 0.23.18 → fixed in 0.23.18
• Maven org.http4s:blaze-http_2.12: < 0.23.18 → fixed in 0.23.18
• Maven org.http4s:blaze-http_3: < 0.23.18 → fixed in 0.23.18
• Maven org.http4s:blaze-http_3: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M42 → fixed in 1.0.0-M42
• Maven org.http4s:blaze-http_2.13: >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M42 → fixed in 1.0.0-M42
Description
Summary
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/values (e.g. `X-Forwarded-For`, internal-auth headers) that a fronting proxy sanitized from the request-header section, bypassing header-based trust decisions in the application.
### Impact
Any http4s application using `BlazeServerBuilder` over HTTP/1.1 whose routes or middleware trust proxy-set headers (e.g., `X-Forwarded-For`, `X-Real-IP`, `X-Forwarded-Host`, org-internal auth headers) is affected. Where a fronting proxy strips/normalizes those headers but forwards chunked bodies with trailers intact, an attacker can spoof client IP for allow-lists/rate-limits/audit, forge the `https` scheme, or inject internal-auth headers. A promoted `Connection: close` trailer is also honored, allowing attacker-controlled termination of pooled backend connections.
### Workarounds
Deploy behind a proxy that removes trailer fields (or rejects requests that use trailers) before forwarding; until patched, avoid trust decisions based on headers that a proxy is relied upon to sanitize.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-73495 blaze is a Scala library for building asynchronous pipelines, with a focus on network IO. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests weakness
References
- https://github.com/http4s/blaze/security/advisories/GHSA-46q4-43ph-c6fr web
- https://github.com/http4s/blaze/commit/ef3e666c146cfc16cb6603f1fc3c464daab4a24f web
- https://github.com/http4s/blaze package
- https://github.com/http4s/blaze/releases/tag/v0.23.18 web
- https://github.com/http4s/blaze/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M42 web