# CVE-2026-32239: Cap'n Proto has an integer overflow in KJ-HTTP

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.0
- Published: 2026-03-12 · Updated: 2026-03-13

## Affected

- capnproto: fixed in 1.4.0

## Description

Cap'n Proto is a data interchange format and capability-based RPC system. Prior to 1.4.0, a negative Content-Length value was converted to unsigned, treating it as an impossibly large length instead. In theory, this bug could enable HTTP request/response smuggling. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on capnproto, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/security/advisories/GHSA-qjx3-pp3m-9jpm
- https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/commit/2744b3c012b4aa3c31cefb61ec656829fa5c0e36
- https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/commit/e929f0ba7901a6b8f4b5ba9a4db00af43288cbb0
- https://capnproto.org/capnproto-c++-1.4.0.tar.gz
- https://capnproto.org/capnproto-c++-win32-1.4.0.zip

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