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.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-63385",
"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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"affected": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
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"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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"modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/758be0c0f69c1934ef9a84ab39e9f9e5fde2e6d0",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/9170dd35e64714613e8d13b290587cfc28e258e2",
"source": "[email protected]"
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{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.2.2-alpha",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/security/advisories/GHSA-jcwh-pvf2-73p2",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
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}