CVE-2026-32881
MEDIUMDescription
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.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-183 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-25696 | High | 7.5 | 2.7% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-21915 | Medium | 6.7 | 2.2% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-1694 | Medium | 4.9 | 1.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-1654 | High | 7.2 | 1.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-4399 | Medium | 6.6 | 1.1% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-34787 | Medium | 5.3 | 1.0% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-32881?
Upgrade ewe to 3.0.5 or later.
Is CVE-2026-32881 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-32881 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.39% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 32% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-32881?
CVE-2026-32881 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2026-32881 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for ewe (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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