yhirose cpp-httplib up to 0.12.3 Header Content-Type injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in yhirose cpp-httplib up to 0.12.3. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. This manipulation of the argument Content-Type causes injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-26130. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in yhirose cpp-httplib up to 0.12.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-Type with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Versions of the package yhirose/cpp-httplib before 0.12.4 are vulnerable to CRLF Injection when untrusted user input is used to set the content-type header in the HTTP .Patch, .Post, .Put and .Delete requests. This can lead to logical errors and other misbehaviors. **Note:** This issue is present due to an incomplete fix for [CVE-2020-11709](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UNMANAGED-YHIROSECPPHTTPLIB-2366507).

The weakness was shared 05/30/2023 as 5b397d455d25a391ba346863830c1949627b4d08. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-26130 since 02/20/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.12.4 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 5b397d455d25a391ba346863830c1949627b4d08 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• yhirose

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• cpp-httplib

Version

• 0.12.0
• 0.12.1
• 0.12.2
• 0.12.3

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/

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