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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
        "dateReserved": "2026-07-16T17:39:30.171Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-20T17:55:36.214Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-20T17:55:36.214Z"
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            "title": "Libevent: HTTP header handling bugs create risk of access control bypass.",
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                            "cweId": "CWE-444",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')",
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                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
                        "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
                        "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "LOW",
                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "LOW",
                        "subIntegrityImpact": "LOW",
                        "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "baseScore": 9.2,
                        "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
                        "version": "4.0"
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                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-jcwh-pvf2-73p2",
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                    "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-jcwh-pvf2-73p2"
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                    "name": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/758be0c0f69c1934ef9a84ab39e9f9e5fde2e6d0",
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                    "name": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/9170dd35e64714613e8d13b290587cfc28e258e2",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
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                    "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/9170dd35e64714613e8d13b290587cfc28e258e2"
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                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha"
                }
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            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "libevent",
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                        {
                            "version": ">= 2.2.0-alpha, < 2.2.2-alpha",
                            "status": "affected"
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                        {
                            "version": "< 2.1.13",
                            "status": "affected"
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                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has two HTTP parsing weaknesses in http.c. evhttp_decode_uri_internal decodes percent-encoded %00 bytes into literal NUL characters, which can cause downstream C string operations to truncate a path and bypass validation performed on a different representation. evhttp_header_is_valid_value also accepts obsolete line folding in header values containing carriage return or line feed characters, allowing a proxy and libevent to interpret headers differently and enabling header injection or access control bypass. The CRLF header acceptance is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, but the reviewed patches do not clearly remediate the URI NUL-truncation condition."
                }
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            "source": {
                "advisory": "GHSA-jcwh-pvf2-73p2",
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
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    }
}