CVE-2026-115823

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl send response bodies for HEAD requests, desynchronizing responses on keep-alive connections

Published Oct 25, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to Starman 0.4019 or later.


Vendor Workaround

For deployments that cannot upgrade to 0.4019, enable Plack::Middleware::Head, which removes the body from HEAD responses.

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Miyagawa
Miyagawa starman
Vendors & Products Miyagawa
Miyagawa starman
Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
CPANSec
Published
Updated
Nov 2, 2026, 4:12 PM
Reserved
Oct 23, 2026, 4:47 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 25, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Nov 2, 2026, 5:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 25, 2026, 4:51 PM