CVE-2026-73257
Critical · CVSS 9.1- CVSS
- 9.1
- nvd
- EPSS
- 0.67%
- 50th pct
- KEV
- No
- Class
- oss containerizable
- CWE-444
Description
Mongoose is an embedded web server and network library. Priro to version 7.22, a remote unauthenticated attacker can send an HTTP request containing both Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding: chunked. The cl_count and te_count checks in the mg_http_parse() and http_cb() paths in src/http.c accept both headers and prioritize chunked encoding, while a Content-Length-preferring reverse proxy can use a different request boundary. This CL.TE desynchronization can inject requests that access or modify resources in another user context. This issue is fixed in version 7.22.
References
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/a9df523f76f43a38bd53b4232b9cfd4c16869e71
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/3611
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.22
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-5wfq-r6mr-wqp6
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-5wfq-r6mr-wqp6
Status: profiled · ingested 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z