CVE-2019-16785
HTTP Request Smuggling: LF vs CRLF handling in Waitress
02 Description
HTTP Request Smuggling: LF vs CRLF handling in Waitress
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-20 23:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-09-24
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-444Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db3b817dec21313f70a98e3461853f866a39f16a30089da5b2a1460953ec0958
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-bdcc8ffc24https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVDHR2DNKCNQ7YQXISJ45NT4IQDX3LJ7/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-65a7744e38https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYEOTGWJZVKPRXX2HBNVIYWCX73QYPM5/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0720https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0720
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- docs.pylonsproject.orghttps://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/latest/#security-fixes
- github.comhttps://github.com/Pylons/waitress/security/advisories/GHSA-pg36-wpm5-g57p
- github.comhttps://github.com/Pylons/waitress/commit/8eba394ad75deaf9e5cd15b78a3d16b12e6b0eba
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220512 [SECURITY] [DLA 3000-1] waitress security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00011.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- waitress Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- waitress Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- waitress Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- waitress No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- waitress No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.