cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to version 0.30.0, the write_headers function does not check for CR & LF characters in user supplied headers, allowing untrusted header value to escape header lines.
This vulnerability allows attackers to add extra headers, modify request body unexpectedly & trigger an SSRF attack. When combined with a server that supports http1.1 pipelining (springboot, python twisted etc), this can be used for server side request forgery (SSRF). Version 0.30.0 fixes this issue.
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],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/21xxx/CVE-2026-21428.json"
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