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AIKIDO-2026-153851

cesanta.mongoose is vulnerable to Incorrect Comparison

Incorrect ComparisonCVE-2026-73258 Published Aug 13, 2026

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Medium Risk

This Affects:

C++cesanta.mongoose
7.3.0 - 7.21.0
Fixed in 7.22.0
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TL;DR

The multipart form-data parser scans for line terminators with an incorrect boolean condition that stops on a lone carriage return or newline instead of the full sequence. This truncates header values, corrupts filenames, and splits header lines at stray control characters. An attacker can craft a Content-Type header that a security filter reads differently from the actual body, bypassing upload type restrictions. The fix requires both terminator characters together before ending a scan.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range and your application processes multipart form uploads with mg_http_next_multipart().

Background info

cesanta.mongoose is vulnerable to Incorrect Comparison in versions 7.3.0 - 7.21.0.

How to fix this

Upgrade the cesanta.mongoose library to the patch version.