ubuntu-cve-2026-28435
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-03-04 20:16
Modified
2026-06-25 11:16
Summary
Details

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.35.0, cpp-httplib (httplib.h) does not enforce Server::set_payload_max_length() on the decompressed request body when using HandlerWithContentReader (streaming ContentReader) with Content-Encoding: gzip (or other supported encodings). A small compressed payload can expand beyond the configured payload limit and be processed by the application, enabling a payload size limit bypass and potential denial of service (CPU/memory exhaustion). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.35.0.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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      },
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        "0.10.2+ds-1",
        "0.10.3+ds-1",
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.35.0, cpp-httplib (httplib.h) does not enforce Server::set_payload_max_length() on the decompressed request body when using HandlerWithContentReader (streaming ContentReader) with Content-Encoding: gzip (or other supported encodings). A small compressed payload can expand beyond the configured payload limit and be processed by the application, enabling a payload size limit bypass and potential denial of service (CPU/memory exhaustion). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.35.0.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-28435",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T11:16:09Z",
  "published": "2026-03-04T20:16:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28435"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28435"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xvfx-w463-6fpp"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/c99d7472b5cf4869d3897b9afc9792063a3d15a8"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-28435"
  ]
}



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