cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.27.0, a vulnerability allows attacker-controlled HTTP headers to influence server-visible metadata, logging, and authorization decisions. An attacker can inject headers named REMOTE_ADDR, REMOTE_PORT, LOCAL_ADDR, LOCAL_PORT that are parsed into the request header multimap via read_headers() in httplib.h (headers.emplace), then the server later appends its own internal metadata using the same header names in Server::process_request without erasing duplicates. Because Request::get_header_value returns the first entry for a header key (id == 0) and the client-supplied headers are parsed before server-inserted headers, downstream code that uses these header names may inadvertently use attacker-controlled values. Affected files/locations: cpp-httplib/httplib.h (read_headers, Server::process_request, Request::get_header_value, get_header_value_u64) and cpp-httplib/docker/main.cc (get_client_ip, nginx_access_logger, nginx_error_logger). Attack surface: attacker-controlled HTTP headers in incoming requests flow into the Request.headers multimap and into logging code that reads forwarded headers, enabling IP spoofing, log poisoning, and authorization bypass via header shadowing. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.27.0.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/ac9ebb0ee333ce8bf13523f487bdfad9518a2aff | Patch |
| https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xm2j-vfr9-mg9m | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
10 Dec 2025, 15:02
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/ac9ebb0ee333ce8bf13523f487bdfad9518a2aff - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xm2j-vfr9-mg9m - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:yhirose:cpp-httplib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
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05 Dec 2025, 19:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-12-05 19:15
Updated : 2025-12-10 15:02
NVD link : CVE-2025-66570
Mitre link : CVE-2025-66570
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-66570
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Products Affected
yhirose
- cpp-httplib
