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CVE-2026-73256: CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') in cesanta mongoose

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Critical
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-73256cvecve-2026-73256cwe-444
Published: 08/20/2026 (08/20/2026, 17:37:54 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: cesanta
Product: mongoose

Description

Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Prior to 7.22, a remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit an HTTP/1.0 reverse-proxy deployment by sending a request with Transfer-Encoding: chunked and conflicting framing. The http_cb() function in src/http.c tests hm.proto.len with an impossible greater-than-eight condition even though mg_http_parse() requires an eight-byte protocol string, so is_http_1_0 is never set. Mongoose consequently processes chunked encoding that an HTTP/1.0 proxy can ignore, enabling request smuggling and unauthorized access or state changes. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.

CVSS v3.1

Score 9.1critical

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-08-11T17:18:01.598Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a873eeeacd9273b49f2b5e6

Added to database: 08/20/2026, 17:52:46 UTC

Last updated: 08/20/2026, 17:52:46 UTC

Views: 1

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