ewe has an Overly Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
Description
ewe is a Gleam web server. ewe is a Gleam web server. Versions 0.6.0 through 3.0.4 are vulnerable to authentication bypass or spoofed proxy-trust headers. Chunked transfer encoding trailer handling merges declared trailer fields into req.headers after body parsing, but the denylist only blocks 9 header names. A malicious client can exploit this by declaring these headers in the Trailer field and appending them after the final chunk, causing request.set_header to overwrite legitimate values (e.g., those set by a reverse proxy). This enables attackers to forge authentication credentials, hijack sessions, bypass IP-based rate limiting, or spoof proxy-trust headers in any downstream middleware that reads headers after ewe.read_body is called. This issue has been fixed in version 3.0.5.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
eweHex | >= 0.6.0, < 3.0.5 | 3.0.5 |
Affected products
2- Range: >= 0.6.0, < 3.0.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9w88-79f8-m3vpghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32881ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/vshakitskiy/ewe/commit/07dcfd2135fc95f38c17a9d030de3d7efee1ee39ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vshakitskiy/ewe/commit/94ab6e7bf7293e987ae98b4daa51ea131c2671baghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vshakitskiy/ewe/releases/tag/v3.0.5ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/vshakitskiy/ewe/security/advisories/GHSA-9w88-79f8-m3vpghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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