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TI-2023-20045 Aliases CVE-2023-38697GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj

protocol-http1 HTTP Request/Response Smuggling vulnerability

Priority LOW 33CWE-444Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

protocol-http1 provides a low-level implementation of the HTTP/1 protocol. RFC 9112 Section 7.1 defined the format of chunk size, chunk data and chunk extension. The value of Content-Length header should be a string of 0-9 digits, the chunk size should be a string of hex digits and should split from chunk data using CRLF, and the chunk extension shouldn't contain any invisible character. However, Falcon has following behaviors while disobey the corresponding RFCs: accepting Content-Length header values that have `+` prefix, accepting Content-Length header values that written in hexadecimal with `0x` prefix, accepting `0x` and `+` prefixed chunk size, and accepting LF in chunk extension. This behavior can lead to desync when forwarding through multiple HTTP parsers, potentially results in HTTP request smuggling and firewall bypassing. This issue is fixed in `protocol-http1` v0.15.1. There are no known workarounds.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00754 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial protocol-http1 (socketry): 0.15.1protocol-http1 (RubyGems): 0.15.1Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
socketryprotocol-http1before 0.15.10.15.1Patch availableCNA
—protocol-http1 (RubyGems)before 0.15.10.15.1Patch availableGHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj
  • protocol-http1 Vendorsocketry Affected before 0.15.1 Fixed in 0.15.1 Patch available CNA
  • protocol-http1 (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 0.15.1 Fixed in 0.15.1 Patch available GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:socketry:protocol-http1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.15.1Vulnerablesocketry
  • cpe:2.3:a:socketry:protocol-http1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.15.1 Vulnerable ·socketry

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA protocol-http1 (socketry) Fixed in 0.15.1
  • Fix · GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj protocol-http1 (RubyGems) Fixed in 0.15.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-38697
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6jwc-qr2q-7xwj

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