CVE-2025-66570

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:yhirose:cpp-httplib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Dec 2025, 15:02

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References () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/ac9ebb0ee333ce8bf13523f487bdfad9518a2aff - () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/ac9ebb0ee333ce8bf13523f487bdfad9518a2aff - Patch
References () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xm2j-vfr9-mg9m - () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xm2j-vfr9-mg9m - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:yhirose:cpp-httplib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Yhirose

05 Dec 2025, 19:15

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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
CWE
CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CWE-345

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

CWE-807

Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision