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Imperva Customers Protected Against Novel HTTP Desync Attacks

calendar_today August 7, 2026 person Or Gozlan domain imperva

TL;DR: Recent Portswigger research introduced novel HTTP desync techniques discovered through an AI-assisted research system called the HTTP Terminator. The findings expand the range of unusual HTTP behaviors that can cause front-end and back-end systems to interpret the same traffic differently. Imperva Cloud WAF and On-Prem WAF customers are protected against practical attack patterns described in the research.

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