CVE-2026-85078

sanic chunked trailer request smuggling allows hidden second request execution

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 02:28 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 05:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSanic

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Sanic is an opensource python web server/framework. In version 25.12.0, Sanic's core HTTP/1.1 chunked-body handling does not fully consume the trailer-part after the terminating zero chunk before reusing the keep-alive connection buffer. A remote unauthenticated client can place attacker-controlled bytes in that trailer region, causing Sanic to parse and route them as a hidden second request after the outer request. This breaks HTTP request-boundary integrity and can provide a request-smuggling primitive when Sanic is deployed behind intermediaries. This issue is fixed in version 25.12.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 24.12.1v < 25.12.1
Affected range stops below 24.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 25.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-444

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