# CVE-2026-34441: cpp-httplib: HTTP Request Smuggling via Unconsumed GET Request Body

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.40.0
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-04-01

## Affected

- yhirose cpp-httplib: fixed in 0.40.0

## Description

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to version 0.40.0, cpp-httplib is vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. The server's static file handler serves GET responses without consuming the request body. On HTTP/1.1 keep-alive connections, the unread body bytes remain on the TCP stream and are interpreted as the start of a new HTTP request. An attacker can embed an arbitrary HTTP request inside the body of a GET request, which the server processes as a separate request. This issue has been patched in version 0.40.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yhirose cpp-httplib, upgrade to a fixed version (0.40.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-jv63-rm9j-6jwc
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/releases/tag/v0.40.0

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