CVE-2025-66577

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 supply X-Forwarded-For or X-Real-IP headers which get accepted unconditionally by get_client_ip() in docker/main.cc, causing access and error logs (nginx_access_logger / nginx_error_logger) to record spoofed client IPs (log poisoning / audit evasion). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.27.0.
Configurations

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

History

17 Jun 2026, 09:57

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Summary
  • (es) cpp-httplib es una biblioteca C++11 multiplataforma de un solo archivo de cabecera HTTP/HTTPS. En versiones anteriores a 0.27.0, una vulnerabilidad permite que encabezados HTTP controlados por el atacante influyan en los metadatos visibles para el servidor, el registro y las decisiones de autorización. Un atacante puede proporcionar encabezados X-Forwarded-For o X-Real-IP que son aceptados incondicionalmente por get_client_ip() en docker/main.cc, lo que provoca que los registros de acceso y error (nginx_access_logger / nginx_error_logger) registren IPs de cliente falsificadas (envenenamiento de registros / evasión de auditoría). Esta vulnerabilidad está corregida en 0.27.0.

11 Dec 2025, 18:09

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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-gfpf-r66f-5mh2 - () https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-gfpf-r66f-5mh2 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
First Time Yhirose cpp-httplib
Yhirose
CPE cpe:2.3:a:yhirose:cpp-httplib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

05 Dec 2025, 19:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-05 19:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 09:57


NVD link : CVE-2025-66577

Mitre link : CVE-2025-66577

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-66577


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Products Affected

yhirose

  • cpp-httplib
CWE
CWE-117

Improper Output Neutralization for Logs

CWE-807

Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision