# CVE-2025-0825: CRLF injection in Cpp-httplib

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-02-04 · Updated: 2025-05-23

## Affected

- cpp-httplib: from v0.17.3, through v0.18.3

## Description

cpp-httplib version v0.17.3 through v0.18.3 fails to filter CRLF characters ("\r\n") when those are prefixed with a null byte. This enables attackers to exploit CRLF injection that could further lead to HTTP Response Splitting, XSS, and more.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cpp-httplib, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/9c36aae4b73e2b6e493f4133e4173103c9266289
- https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CVE-2025-0825/

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