CVE-2026-66752

MEDIUM

tiny-http 0.12.0 HTTP Request Smuggling via Transfer-Encoding Handling

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-66752. PoCs published by theopaid.

AI-analyzed exploit summary Detailed technical analysis of CVE-2026-66752, an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in tiny_http due to improper parsing of Transfer-Encoding header values. The vulnerability allows request smuggling when tiny_http is behind a front-end proxy that correctly parses Transfer-Encoding, or causes unanswered requests leading to DoS.

Description

tiny-http through 0.12.0 contains an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability that allows remote attackers to desynchronize request framing by sending a Transfer-Encoding header with any value, including non-chunked codings, which causes the library to unconditionally apply chunk-decoding and discard Content-Length. Attackers can exploit the discrepancy between tiny_http's improper Transfer-Encoding parsing and a correctly-implemented front-end proxy to produce two distinct interpretations of a single byte stream, enabling request smuggling, and can additionally send non-chunked bodies with non-chunked Transfer-Encoding values to cause failed body reads that tie up connections and consume worker threads without signaling errors to clients.

Exploits (1)

github WRITEUP
by theopaid · poc
https://github.com/theopaid/CVE-2026-66752-HTTP-Request-Smuggling-via-Unparsed-Transfer-Encoding-Values-tiny_http-

Detailed technical analysis of CVE-2026-66752, an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in tiny_http due to improper parsing of Transfer-Encoding header values. The vulnerability allows request smuggling when tiny_http is behind a front-end proxy that correctly parses Transfer-Encoding, or causes unanswered requests leading to DoS.

Classification
Writeup 99%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: tiny_http versions up to and including 0.12.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: tiny_http server running behind a front-end proxy or CDN that correctly parses Transfer-Encoding headers · Ability to send raw HTTP requests to the server
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Jul 29, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-444
Status published
Products (1)
tiny-http/tiny-http < 0.12.0
Published Jul 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 28, 2026