Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 1, 2026· Updated Jan 2, 2026
cpp-httplib has CRLF injection in http headers
CVE-2026-21428
Description
cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to version 0.30.0, the `write_headers` function does not check for CR & LF characters in user supplied headers, allowing untrusted header value to escape header lines. This vulnerability allows attackers to add extra headers, modify request body unexpectedly & trigger an SSRF attack. When combined with a server that supports http1.1 pipelining (springboot, python twisted etc), this can be used for server side request forgery (SSRF). Version 0.30.0 fixes this issue.
Affected products
1- Range: < 0.30.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/98048a033a532ff22320ce1d11789f8d5710dfcdmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/releases/tag/v0.30.0mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-wpc6-j37r-jcx7mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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