Advisory Database
  • Advisories
  • Dependency Scanning
  1. pypi
  2. ›
  3. waitress
  4. ›
  5. CVE-2019-16786

CVE-2019-16786: HTTP Request Smuggling: Invalid Transfer-Encoding in Waitress

December 20, 2019 (updated November 19, 2024)

Waitress would parse the Transfer-Encoding header and only look for a single string value, if that value was not chunked it would fall through and use the Content-Length header instead.

According to the HTTP standard Transfer-Encoding should be a comma separated list, with the inner-most encoding first, followed by any further transfer codings, ending with chunked.

Requests sent with:

Transfer-Encoding: gzip, chunked

Would incorrectly get ignored, and the request would use a Content-Length header instead to determine the body size of the HTTP message.

This could allow for Waitress to treat a single request as multiple requests in the case of HTTP pipelining.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0720
  • docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/latest/
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress/commit/f11093a6b3240fc26830b6111e826128af7771c3
  • github.com/Pylons/waitress/security/advisories/GHSA-g2xc-35jw-c63p
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2xc-35jw-c63p
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/waitress/PYSEC-2019-137.yaml
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00011.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVDHR2DNKCNQ7YQXISJ45NT4IQDX3LJ7
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYEOTGWJZVKPRXX2HBNVIYWCX73QYPM5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16786
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2019-16786 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Dependency Scanning using SBOM also detects vulnerabilities from proprietary advisories that this site does not include. Learn more about Dependency Scanning using SBOM →

Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Learn more about CVSS

Weakness

  • CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

Source file

pypi/waitress/CVE-2019-16786.yml

Spotted a mistake? Edit the file on GitLab.

  • Site Repo
  • About GitLab
  • Terms
  • Privacy Statement
  • Contact

Page generated Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:15:24 +0000.