Match certificate names as X509_check_host does

The Mbed TLS and wolfSSL backends matched *.com, a bare *, vic*.test and
names with empty labels, which OpenSSL rejects. Require two labels after
a wildcard, none in an IDNA label and no empty label, and ignore a
trailing dot on the host, so every backend accepts the same names.
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yhirose committed 2026-10-16 16:39:00 -04:00
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@@ -10902,31 +10902,51 @@ inline std::pair<std::string, std::string> make_digest_authentication_header(
return std::make_pair(key, field);
}
// Follows X509_check_host, which the OpenSSL backend uses, so that every
// backend accepts the same names.
inline bool match_hostname(const std::string &pattern,
const std::string &hostname) {
// A trailing dot on the host is ignored
auto host = hostname;
if (host.size() > 1 && host.back() == '.') { host.pop_back(); }
// Exact match (case-insensitive)
if (detail::case_ignore::equal(hostname, pattern)) { return true; }
if (detail::case_ignore::equal(host, pattern)) { return true; }
// Split both pattern and hostname into components by '.'
std::vector<std::string> pattern_components;
if (!pattern.empty()) {
split(pattern.data(), pattern.data() + pattern.size(), '.',
[&](const char *b, const char *e) {
pattern_components.emplace_back(b, e);
});
}
std::vector<std::string> host_components;
if (!hostname.empty()) {
split(hostname.data(), hostname.data() + hostname.size(), '.',
[&](const char *b, const char *e) {
host_components.emplace_back(b, e);
});
// Split both pattern and hostname into components by '.', keeping any empty
// one, which no name may have
auto labels = [](const std::string &s) {
std::vector<std::string> v;
size_t b = 0;
while (true) {
auto e = s.find('.', b);
v.push_back(s.substr(b, e - b));
if (e == std::string::npos) { return v; }
b = e + 1;
}
};
auto pattern_components = labels(pattern);
auto host_components = labels(host);
auto has_empty_label = [](const std::vector<std::string> &v) {
return std::any_of(v.begin(), v.end(),
[](const std::string &l) { return l.empty(); });
};
if (has_empty_label(pattern_components) || has_empty_label(host_components)) {
return false;
}
// Component count must match
if (host_components.size() != pattern_components.size()) { return false; }
// A wildcard needs two labels after it, so that "*.com" matches nothing,
// and an IDNA label may not have one
const auto &leftmost = pattern_components.front();
if (leftmost.find('*') != std::string::npos &&
(pattern_components.size() < 3 ||
case_ignore::equal(leftmost.substr(0, 4), "xn--"))) {
return false;
}
// Compare each component with wildcard support
// Supports: "*" (full wildcard), "prefix*" (partial wildcard)
// https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/376484
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@@ -562,6 +562,9 @@ find_content_type(const std::string &path,
const std::string &default_content_type);
bool can_compress_content_type(const std::string &content_type);
bool is_prohibited_header_name(const std::string &name);
#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_SSL_ENABLED
bool match_hostname(const std::string &pattern, const std::string &hostname);
#endif
} // namespace detail
} // namespace httplib
@@ -645,6 +648,26 @@ TEST(FileExtensionTest, TakesTheAlphanumericSuffix) {
EXPECT_EQ(long_ext, detail::file_extension("a." + long_ext));
}
#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_SSL_ENABLED
TEST(MatchHostnameTest, FollowsX509CheckHost) {
EXPECT_TRUE(detail::match_hostname("*.example.com", "www.example.com"));
EXPECT_TRUE(detail::match_hostname("www*.example.com", "www1.example.com"));
EXPECT_TRUE(detail::match_hostname("www.example.com", "WWW.example.com."));
// A wildcard needs two labels after it, in the leftmost label only
EXPECT_FALSE(detail::match_hostname("*.com", "example.com"));
EXPECT_FALSE(detail::match_hostname("*", "localhost"));
EXPECT_FALSE(detail::match_hostname("vic*.test", "victim.test"));
EXPECT_FALSE(detail::match_hostname("www.*.com", "www.a.com"));
EXPECT_FALSE(
detail::match_hostname("xn--*.example.com", "xn--a.example.com"));
// No name may have an empty label
EXPECT_FALSE(detail::match_hostname("*.example.com", "a..example.com"));
EXPECT_FALSE(detail::match_hostname("a..example.com", "a.example.com"));
}
#endif
TEST(CaseIgnoreHashTest, IgnoresCaseAndTakesLongKeys) {
detail::case_ignore::hash hash;
EXPECT_EQ(hash("Content-Type"), hash("content-TYPE"));