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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Mongoose: Content-Length + Transfer-Encoding coexistence enables request smuggling | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-444 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-08-20T17:30:58.424Z
Reserved: 2026-08-11T17:18:01.598Z
Link: CVE-2026-73257
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-20T18:16:46.973
Modified: 2026-08-20T18:16:46.973
Link: CVE-2026-73257
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Updated: 2026-08-20T18:30:03Z
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