CVE-2026-28434

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28434
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-28434.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-28434
Aliases
  • GHSA-8mpw-r4gc-xm7q
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
OESA (4)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (1)
Published
2026-03-04T19:34:30Z
Modified
2026-10-06T02:36:27Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
cpp-httplib's default exception handler leaks e.what() to clients via EXCEPTION_WHAT response header
Details

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.35.0, when a request handler throws a C++ exception and the application has not registered a custom exception handler via set_exception_handler(), the library catches the exception and writes its message directly into the HTTP response as a header named EXCEPTION_WHAT. This header is sent to whoever made the request, with no authentication check and no special configuration required to trigger it. The behavior is on by default. A developer who does not know to opt in to set_exception_handler() will ship a server that leaks internal exception messages to any client. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.35.0.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-200"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/28xxx/CVE-2026-28434.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
85b18a9c6431877188a706ba3c61679fa9de3e27
Fixed
defd907c7469c5c8281247b73bbd07be24c31164
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:yhirose:cpp-httplib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "0.35.0"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.10.0
v0.10.1
v0.10.2
v0.10.3
v0.10.4
v0.10.5
v0.10.6
v0.10.7
v0.10.8
v0.10.9
v0.11.0
v0.11.1
v0.11.2
v0.11.3
v0.11.4
v0.12.0
v0.12.1
v0.12.2
v0.12.3
v0.12.4
v0.12.5
v0.12.6
v0.13.0
v0.13.1
v0.13.2
v0.13.3
v0.14.0
v0.14.1
v0.14.2
v0.14.3
v0.15.0
v0.15.1
v0.15.2
v0.15.3
v0.16.0
v0.16.1
v0.16.2
v0.16.3
v0.17.0
v0.17.1
v0.17.2
v0.17.3
v0.18.0
v0.18.1
v0.18.2
v0.18.3
v0.18.4
v0.18.5
v0.18.6
v0.18.7
v0.19.0
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.2.2
v0.2.3
v0.2.4
v0.2.5
v0.2.6
v0.20.0
v0.20.1
v0.21.0
v0.22.0
v0.23.0
v0.23.1
v0.24.0
v0.25.0
v0.26.0
v0.27.0
v0.28.0
v0.29.0
v0.3.0
v0.3.1
v0.3.2
v0.3.3
v0.30.0
v0.30.1
v0.30.2
v0.31.0
v0.32.0
v0.33.0
v0.33.1
v0.34.0
v0.4.0
v0.4.1
v0.4.2
v0.5.0
v0.5.1
v0.5.10
v0.5.11
v0.5.12
v0.5.13
v0.5.2
v0.5.3
v0.5.4
v0.5.5
v0.5.6
v0.5.7
v0.5.8
v0.5.9
v0.6.0
v0.6.1
v0.6.2
v0.6.3
v0.6.4
v0.6.5
v0.6.6
v0.6.7
v0.7.0
v0.7.1
v0.7.10
v0.7.11
v0.7.12
v0.7.13
v0.7.14
v0.7.15
v0.7.16
v0.7.17
v0.7.18
v0.7.2
v0.7.3
v0.7.4
v0.7.5
v0.7.6
v0.7.7
v0.7.8
v0.7.9
v0.8.0
v0.8.1
v0.8.2
v0.8.3
v0.8.4
v0.8.5
v0.8.6
v0.8.7
v0.8.8
v0.8.9
v0.9.0
v0.9.1
v0.9.10
v0.9.2
v0.9.3
v0.9.4
v0.9.5
v0.9.6
v0.9.7
v0.9.8
v0.9.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-28434.json"