CVE-2020-7671 describes a request smuggling vulnerability in goliath versions up to 1.0.6, affecting systems where goliath acts as a backend behind a vulnerable frontend proxy. Attackers can exploit this by sending duplicate Content-Length headers or by leveraging invalid Transfer-Encoding headers for TE:CL smuggling. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on integrity, though no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:goliath_project:goliath:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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