cpp-httplib open_stream serializes CRLF in request target into HTTP request line
What fixes it
- 0.51.0cpp-httplibGitHub
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Description
cpp-httplib is a C++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS library. From 0.29.0 until 0.51.0, Client::open_stream in httplib.h accepts a caller-controlled path that reaches detail::write_request_line() without the detail::encode_path() protection used by the ordinary buffered request path. Raw carriage-return and line-feed bytes in the path can therefore split the outbound HTTP/1.1 request line and inject attacker-shaped request metadata. Exploitation requires an embedding application to pass remote user input into the open_stream path and a backend or intermediary that interprets the injected bytes; the established impact is modification of backend-visible request data, not direct confidentiality or availability impact. This issue is fixed in version 0.51.0.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 2
- cpp-httplibaffected: >= 0.29.0, < 0.51.0CVE List
- cpp-httplib0.29.0 <= 0.50.1GitHub
References 4
- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/255c075b82cf9f221e6e607e8e6789e6e2bf4c2aFixvia CVE List
- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/releases/tag/v0.51.0Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-vq69-f637-8fhrAdvisoryvia CVE List
- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/pull/2501Referencevia CVE List