Detections
Analytics
CVE-2026-28434
medium
Description
cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.35.0, when a request handler throws a C++ exception and the application has not registered a custom exception handler via set_exception_handler(), the library catches the exception and writes its message directly into the HTTP response as a header named EXCEPTION_WHAT. This header is sent to whoever made the request, with no authentication check and no special configuration required to trigger it. The behavior is on by default. A developer who does not know to opt in to set_exception_handler() will ship a server that leaks internal exception messages to any client. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.35.0.
References
https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-8mpw-r4gc-xm7q
https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/defd907c7469c5c8281247b73bbd07be24c31164