# CVE-2021-23339: HTTP Request Smuggling

- Also known as: GHSA-2W7W-2J92-44HX, SNYK-JAVA-COMTYPESAFEAKKA-1075043
- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.2.4, 10.1.14
- Published: 2021-02-17 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core: version range not reported
- com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core (Maven): from 10.2.0, fixed in 10.2.4
- com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core (Maven): fixed in 10.1.14

## Description

This affects all versions before 10.1.14 and from 10.2.0 to 10.2.4 of package com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core. It allows multiple Transfer-Encoding headers.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core, com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core, upgrade to a fixed version (10.2.4, 10.1.14) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMTYPESAFEAKKA-1075043
- https://github.com/akka/akka-http/pull/3754%23issuecomment-779265201

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