# CVE-2025-43859: h11 accepts some malformed Chunked-Encoding bodies

- Also known as: GHSA-VQFR-H8MV-GHFJ, PYSEC-2026-348
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.16.0
- Published: 2025-04-24 · Updated: 2025-04-24

## Affected

- python-hyper h11: fixed in 0.16.0
- h11 (PyPI): fixed in 0.16.0

## Description

h11 is a Python implementation of HTTP/1.1. Prior to version 0.16.0, a leniency in h11's parsing of line terminators in chunked-coding message bodies can lead to request smuggling vulnerabilities under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.16.0. Since exploitation requires the combination of buggy h11 with a buggy (reverse) proxy, fixing either component is sufficient to mitigate this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-hyper h11, h11, upgrade to a fixed version (0.16.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-hyper/h11/security/advisories/GHSA-vqfr-h8mv-ghfj
- https://github.com/python-hyper/h11/commit/114803a29ce50116dc47951c690ad4892b1a36ed

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