# CVE-2025-53629: cpp-httplib Unbounded Memory Allocation in Chunked/No-Length Requests Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.23.0
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2025-07-10

## Affected

- yhirose cpp-httplib: fixed in 0.23.0

## Description

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.23.0, incoming requests using Transfer-Encoding: chunked in the header can allocate memory arbitrarily in the server, potentially leading to its exhaustion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.0. NOTE: This vulnerability is related to CVE-2025-53628.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yhirose cpp-httplib, upgrade to a fixed version (0.23.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-qjmq-h3cc-qv6w
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-j6p8-779x-p5pw
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/17ba303889b8d4d719be3879a70639ab653efb99

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