# CVE-2026-28435: Payload size limit bypass via gzip decompression in ContentReader (streaming) allows oversized request bodies in cpp-httplib

- 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: 0.35.0
- Published: 2026-03-04 · Updated: 2026-03-04

## Affected

- yhirose cpp-httplib: fixed in 0.35.0

## Description

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.35.0, cpp-httplib (httplib.h) does not enforce Server::set_payload_max_length() on the decompressed request body when using HandlerWithContentReader (streaming ContentReader) with Content-Encoding: gzip (or other supported encodings). A small compressed payload can expand beyond the configured payload limit and be processed by the application, enabling a payload size limit bypass and potential denial of service (CPU/memory exhaustion). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.35.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yhirose cpp-httplib, upgrade to a fixed version (0.35.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xvfx-w463-6fpp
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/c99d7472b5cf4869d3897b9afc9792063a3d15a8

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