{"id":85856,"date":"2025-11-16T12:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2024-33452-http-request-smuggling-vulnerability-in-openresty-lua-nginx-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-33452-http-request-smuggling-vulnerability-in-openresty-lua-nginx-module\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-33452: HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability in OpenResty lua-nginx-module<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a significant vulnerability, CVE-2024-33452, within OpenResty&#8217;s lua-nginx-module prior to version 0.10.26. This vulnerability can enable an attacker to smuggle HTTP requests, potentially compromising systems or leading to data leakage. It is of particular relevance to organizations using affected versions of this module in their web applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-33452<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.7)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3602355549\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>OpenResty lua-nginx-module | Before 0.10.26<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted HEAD request to the server running the affected software. This can cause the server to misinterpret the boundaries of HTTP requests and responses, a technique known as HTTP Request Smuggling. By doing so, the attacker can inject malicious content or commands, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4133273959\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>An example of a malicious HEAD request might look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">HEAD \/target HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable.example.com\nContent-Length: 50\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\n0\nGET \/internal_data HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This example demonstrates a typical HTTP request smuggling attack in which the attacker&#8217;s second (smuggled) request is appended to the first request.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of the affected lua-nginx-module are advised to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch immediately to mitigate this vulnerability. In the meantime, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation by detecting and blocking malicious HEAD requests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a significant vulnerability, CVE-2024-33452, within OpenResty&#8217;s lua-nginx-module prior to version 0.10.26. This vulnerability can enable an attacker to smuggle HTTP requests, potentially compromising systems or leading to data leakage. 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