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.
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"id": "CVE-2026-73257",
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"status": "Received"
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"published": "2026-08-20T18:16:46.973Z",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-73257",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73257",
"modified": "2026-08-20T20:17:46.470Z",
"imported": "2026-08-23T06:20:30.552Z"
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"id": "EUVD-2026-63492",
"published": "2026-08-20T17:30:58Z",
"url": "https://euvdservices.enisa.europa.eu/api/enisaid?id=EUVD-2026-63492",
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"modified": "2026-08-20T19:34:58Z",
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