REDHAT-BUG-2443262: High severity JBoss Undertow vulnerability
Published Feb 27, 2026
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When Undertow receives a request in which the first header line begins with one or more spaces, it strips them before processing the request. This is usable as a request smuggling primitive.
The HTTP RFCs state that when a field-line begins with a space or tab, it is permissible to concatenate it into the previous field-line's value. This is referred to as obs-fold in the RFCs. However, it is always invalid to obs-fold on the first line, since there is no previous field-line to concatenate into. Thus, the message should be rejected.
Affected Software
1 affected component
JBoss Undertow
Event History
Feb 27, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·04:44 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software