cpp-httplib has a Silent TLS Certificate Verification Bypass on HTTPS Redirect via Proxy
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.37.2, when a cpp-httplib client is configured with a proxy and set_follow_location(true), any HTTPS redirect it follows will have TLS certificate and hostname verification silently disabled on the new connection. The client will accept any certificate presented by the redirect target — expired, self-signed, or forged — without raising an error or notifying the application. A network attacker in a position to return a redirect response can fully intercept the follow-up HTTPS connection, including any credentials or session tokens in flight. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.37.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cpp-httplib (yhirose) Fixed in 0.37.2
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32627
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- TI-2026-18294 cpp-httplib vulnerable to a denial of service (DOS) using a zip bomb CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-17313 cpp-httplib has CRLF injection in http headers CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-33146 cpp-httplib DoS: Negative chunk-size in chunked Transfer-Encoding CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-22709 Uncontrolled resource consumption in yhirose cpp-httplib CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-33556 cpp-httplib Unbounded Memory Allocation in Chunked/No-Length Requests Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-32627 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-32627 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-32627 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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