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CVE-2023-34188

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.01% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-06-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2023-34188
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.01%

Original NVD Description

The HTTP server in Mongoose before 7.10 accepts requests containing negative Content-Length headers. By sending a single attack payload over TCP, an attacker can cause an infinite loop in which the server continuously reparses that payload, and does not respond to any other requests.

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