# CVE-2026-45372: cpp-httplib: HTTP header value percent-decoding in server-side \`parse\_header\` enables CRLF injection

- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.44.0
- Published: 2026-05-29 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- yhirose cpp-httplib: fixed in 0.44.0

## Description

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.44.0, when cpp-httplib's server parses an incoming request, it applies percent-decoding to every header value except Location and Referer. The validity check (is_field_value) is run before decoding, so encoded %0D%0A passes the check and is then expanded to a literal \r\n byte pair inside the stored header value. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.44.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yhirose cpp-httplib, upgrade to a fixed version (0.44.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-xjxg-64p4-vj4m

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