Bug 2496708 (CVE-2026-38969)

Summary: CVE-2026-38969 webrick: rubygem-webrick: WEBrick: Request smuggling via re-parsing of Content-Length header
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Component: vulnerability-draftAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akostadi, amasferr, anthomas, dmayorov, ehelms, eshamard, ggainey, jlledo, jpasqual, juwatts, jvasik, kaycoth, mhulan, nmoumoul, osousa, pantinor, pcreech, rblanco, rchan, rhel-process-autobot, smallamp, tmalecek, tsedmik, watson-tool-maintainers
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-02 22:01:25 UTC
ruby webrick through v1.9.2 WEBrick reparses trailer Content-Length into canonical request state, enabling request smuggling.