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Research Update for src/pentesting-web/http-request-smuggling/request-smuggling-in-http-2-downgrades.md

This PR contains automated research updates including:

• Latest security vulnerabilities and attack vectors
• Updated techniques and tools
• Enhanced explanations and examples
• Additional references and resources

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The file request-smuggling-in-http-2-downgrades.md has been expanded with:

• Detailed background on why HTTP/2-to-HTTP/1 downgrades enable request smuggling
• Explanations of H2.TE and H2.CL primitives in a comparative table
• Step-by-step identification and exploitation workflow with code snippets (Burp, curl)
• Coverage of 2023 h2c-smuggling findings and recent relevant CVEs (2022-2025)
• Practical tooling section (Burp Request-Smuggler, h2cSmuggler, curl)
• Updated defensive guidance and concise reference list

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