# CVE-2026-115823: Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl send response bodies for HEAD requests, desynchronizing responses on keep-alive connections

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109560, GHSA-4Q75-5W63-6HX7
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4019
- Published: 2026-10-25 · Updated: 2026-10-25

## Summary

Starman, a Perl web server, is affected by this vulnerability. Under it, the server sends response bodies for HEAD requests and for 1xx, 204, and 304 responses, which can corrupt subsequent responses on keep-alive connections and cause a proxy to match responses to the wrong requests.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Starman: fixed in 0.4019

## Description

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl send response bodies for HEAD requests, desynchronizing responses on keep-alive connections. For a HEAD request Starman omits chunked framing but still writes the body returned by the application, on both the array and streaming response paths. Responses with a 1xx, 204 or 304 status also carry the body. On a keep-alive or pipelined connection the client reads those bytes as the start of the next response. A front-end proxy that reuses upstream connections may then pair responses with the wrong requests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Starman, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4019) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/miyagawa/Starman/commit/91c47c529cd1e100f938486896ea9083ec3ec7bf.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Starman-0.4019/changes

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