8.7

CVE-2026-102479: eclipse foundation eclipse vert.x HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

CVSS: 8.7v4.0HighUndergoing analysis
Published 14-10-2026Last modified 16-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-102479 is a high (CVSS 8.7) HTTP Request/Response Smuggling vulnerability in eclipse foundation eclipse vert.x. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Eclipse Vert.x versions [5.0.0,5.0.12] or [5.1.0,5.1.9] or [5.2.0, 5.2.0], the Vert.x HTTP/1.x decoder uses a canonicalization for well known HTTP headers, the canonicalization process interprets well crafted headers as headers of this list, allowing for instance Content-Xength to be interpeted as Content-Length. This can be exploited for request smuggling purpose. The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-core.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

15-10-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Eclipse foundation1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links