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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-5207 · published 27 January 2020

CVE-2020-5207: Jetbrains ktor http request smuggling vulnerability

Jetbrains · Ktor

In Ktor before 1.3.0, request smuggling is possible when running behind a proxy that doesn't handle Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding properly or doesn't handle \n as a headers separator.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.76% · top 46.4% CWE-444 · HTTP request smuggling
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
0.76%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In Ktor before 1.3.0, request smuggling is possible when running behind a proxy that doesn't handle Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding properly or doesn't handle \n as a headers separator.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/pull/1547 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/security/advisories/GHSA-xrr9-rh8p-433v Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/pull/1547 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/security/advisories/GHSA-xrr9-rh8p-433v Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-5207), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.