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

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.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.5
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • yhirose / cpp-httplib
    < 0.35.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2026-28435: Payload size limit bypass via gzip decompression in ContentReader (streaming) allows oversized request bodies in cpp-httplib | HarborGuard CVE