CVE-2026-73257CWE-444

CVE-2026-73257

Critical · published August 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00673 · 51.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-444 · Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Published
2026-08-20T22:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
cesanta/mongoose< 7.227.22
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 17:30Z
    Mongoose: Content-Length + Transfer-Encoding coexistence enables request smuggling
    cvelistv5