CVE-2026-46527: Yhirose Cpp-Httplib

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.44.0, When the server has called Server::set_trusted_proxies() with a non-empty trusted-proxy list, an attacker can send an HTTP request that includes an X-Forwarded-For header whose value parses to no valid IP segments. The code path then executes get_client_ip(), which calls front() on an empty std::vector—undefined behavior in C++. On typical implementations this manifests as abnormal process termination (denial of service). With Sanitizers enabled, you get an explicit runtime diagnostic. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.44.0.

Affected products

• Yhirose Cpp-Httplib: before 0.44.0 (fixed in 0.44.0)

Published 2026-05-29. Last modified 2026-07-22.