HTTP response splitting via unvalidated chunked trailers
Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026
CRLF injection in cpp-httplib 0.49.0 allows remote attackers to split HTTP responses through attacker-influenced chunked trailers. The done_with_trailer lambda in write_content_chunked writes trailer names and values to the socket without field-name or field-value validation. Exploitation requires an application to place attacker-influenced data in a chunked-response trailer, enabling forged response headers or a second response.
Summary
What happened
CRLF injection in cpp-httplib 0.49.0 allows remote attackers to split HTTP responses through attacker-influenced chunked trailers. The done_with_trailer lambda in write_content_chunked writes trailer names and values to the socket without field-name or field-value validation. Exploitation requires an application to place attacker-influenced data in a chunked-response trailer, enabling forged response headers or a second response.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-77341
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Yuji Hirose
- Product
- cpp-httplib
- Classifications
- CWE-113, CWE-93
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 0.49.0, < 0.50.0
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