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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
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cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.44.0, when cpp-httplib's server parses an incoming request, it applies percent-decoding to every header value except Location and Referer. The validity check (is_field_value) is run before decoding, so encoded %0D%0A passes the check and is then expanded to a literal \r\n byte pair inside the stored header value. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.44.0.
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HTTP response/header injection in cpp-httplib server versions prior to 0.44.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to smuggle CRLF sequences into stored header values, because the is_field_value validity check runs before percent-decoding lets %0D%0A through and expand to literal \r\n. The CVSS 9.9 score with Scope:Changed reflects the ability to influence downstream HTTP components, but no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not on the CISA KEV list.
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Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
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