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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-28435 EUVD-2026-9496

Payload size limit bypass via gzip decompression in ContentReader (streaming) allows oversized request bodies in cpp-httplib

Published Mar 4, 2026 · Updated Mar 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
yhirose cpp-httplib < 0.35.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 cpp-httplib 0.41.0+ds-3 —
Debian 13 cpp-httplib No fix yet —
Debian 12 cpp-httplib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 cpp-httplib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 cpp-httplib No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS cpp-httplib No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS cpp-httplib No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS cpp-httplib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed cpp-httplib 0.38.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10435-1

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