Mageia 9 perl-Starlet Critical HTTP Request Smuggling Issue MGASA-2026-0120
mageia
May 7, 2026
MGASA-2026-0120 - Updated perl-Starlet packages fix security vulnerability
Summary
Description:
Starlet versions through 0.31 for Perl allow HTTP Request Smuggling via
Improper Header Precedence. (CVE-2026-40561)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35464
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/1
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.3
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-40561
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/perl-Starlet-0.310.0-4.1.mga9
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Publication date: 07 May 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0120.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-40561
Topics Covered
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