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CVE-2026-63385

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Description

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.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.2 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-20 18:16:36.543000
Last modified
2026-10-26 10:10:00.140000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:16:36.543",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T10:10:00.140",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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      "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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      "value": "Libevent es una biblioteca de notificación de eventos. Antes de 2.1.13 y 2.2.2-alpha, libevent tiene dos debilidades de análisis HTTP en http.c. evhttp_decode_uri_internal decodifica bytes %00 codificados por porcentaje en caracteres NUL literales, lo que puede causar que las operaciones de cadena C posteriores trunquen una ruta y omitan la validación realizada en una representación diferente. evhttp_header_is_valid_value también acepta el plegado de línea obsoleto en valores de encabezado que contienen caracteres de retorno de carro o salto de línea, lo que permite que un proxy y libevent interpreten los encabezados de manera diferente y habilita la inyección de encabezados o la omisión del control de acceso. La aceptación de encabezados CRLF está corregida en las versiones 2.1.13 y 2.2.2-alpha, pero los parches revisados no remedian claramente la condición de truncamiento NUL de URI."
    }
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      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/758be0c0f69c1934ef9a84ab39e9f9e5fde2e6d0",
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable",
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