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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2026-73256 json

Mongoose: HTTP/1.0 detection off-by-one enables request smuggling via chunked TE

published 2026-08-20 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-63497 , JLSEC-2026-1380

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cesanta mongoose 7.22
  • cesanta mongoose_embedded_web_server_library 7.22
  • mongoose Debian 14 7.22+ds-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73256

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-73256 updated cvss 9.1

mongoose: Mongoose: HTTP/1.0 detection off-by-one enables request smuggling via chunked TE

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/security/advisories/GHSA-mgp5-rjrv-h5j3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
OSV 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Mongoose_jll
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • cesanta mongoose

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests

References

Sources

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