cpp-httplib: HTTP Request Smuggling via Unconsumed GET Request Body
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to version 0.40.0, cpp-httplib is vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. The server's static file handler serves GET responses without consuming the request body. On HTTP/1.1 keep-alive connections, the unread body bytes remain on the TCP stream and are interpreted as the start of a new HTTP request. An attacker can embed an arbitrary HTTP request inside the body of a GET request, which the server processes as a separate request. This issue has been patched in version 0.40.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 0.40.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34441
References
More yhirose Cpp-httplib vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-33163 cpp-httplib: HTTP header value percent-decoding in server-side `parse_header` enables CRLF injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- 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-2026-34441 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34441 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-34441 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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