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.
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.
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Solution
Upgrade to Starman 0.4019 or later.
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For deployments that cannot upgrade to 0.4019, enable Plack::Middleware::Head, which removes the body from HEAD responses.
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Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl send response bodies for HEAD requests, desynchronizing responses on keep-alive connections | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-444 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-25T16:51:19.961Z
Reserved: 2026-10-23T16:47:20.192Z
Link: CVE-2026-115823
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-25T17:17:01.743
Modified: 2026-10-25T17:17:01.743
Link: CVE-2026-115823
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