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CVE-2025-12642

lighttpd1.4.80 incorrectly merged trailer fields into headers after http request parsing. This behavior can be exploite

lighttpd1.4.80 incorrectly merged trailer fields into headers after http request parsing. This behavior can be exploited to conduct HTTP Header Smuggling attacks. Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to: Bypass access control rules Inject unsafe input into backend logic that trusts request headers * Execute HTTP Request Smuggling attacks under some conditions This issue affects lighttpd1.4.80.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 0.00063
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

1
lighttpdall versions

Scoring & Timeline

9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · 1c6b5737-9389-4011-8117-89fa251edfb2
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Nov 2025 · 08:17 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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