Description
tiny-http through 0.12.0 contains an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability that allows remote attackers to desynchronize request framing by sending a Transfer-Encoding header with any value, including non-chunked codings, which causes the library to unconditionally apply chunk-decoding and discard Content-Length. Attackers can exploit the discrepancy between tiny_http's improper Transfer-Encoding parsing and a correctly-implemented front-end proxy to produce two distinct interpretations of a single byte stream, enabling request smuggling, and can additionally send non-chunked bodies with non-chunked Transfer-Encoding values to cause failed body reads that tie up connections and consume worker threads without signaling errors to clients.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiny-http | tiny-http | ≤ 0.12.0 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rust-tiny-http | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | rust-tiny-http | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | rust-tiny-http | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rust-tiny-http | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rust-tiny-http | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rust-tiny-http | No fix yet | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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theopaid/CVE-2026-66752-HTTP-Request-Smuggling-via-Unparsed-Transfer-Encoding-Values-tiny_http- ★ 0 · Jul 26, 2026
Security Advisory: HTTP Request Smuggling via Unparsed Transfer-Encoding Values (tiny_http)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- Researcher Disclosure technical-description exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tiny-http-http-request-smuggling-via-transfer-encoding-handling third-party-advisory