Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting cpp-httplib package, versions [,0.39.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-CPPHTTPLIB-15798540
  • published28 Mar 2026
  • disclosed27 Mar 2026
  • creditthesanjok, SHOVAN-BLN

Introduced: 27 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-33745  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cpp-httplib to version 0.39.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials via the Authorization header when following cross-origin HTTP redirects. An attacker can obtain sensitive authentication credentials by redirecting a client to an attacker-controlled host.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1