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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-d7ce-94py-kyha",
    "summary": "Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature\nhttp-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.",
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