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Report: CVE-2026-45352 - cpp-httplib DoS: Negative chunk-size in chunked Transfer-Encoding - Complete Guide
CVE ID :CVE-2026-45352 Published : May 29, 2026, 8:16 p.m. | 45 minutes ago Description :cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.43.4, negative chunk-size in chunked Transfer-Encoding causes unbounded memory allocation and process crash. The ChunkedDecoder::read_payload function in cpp-httplib (httplib.h) parses the chunk-size field of HTTP chunked transfer encoding using std::strtoul(). Per the C standard (§7.22.1.4), strtoul silently accepts a leading minus sign, performing unsigned wrap-around: strtoul(
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May 29, 2026