Apply the request-target check to the client and encode control chars

Share the server's request-target check as fields::is_request_target()
and use it in write_request_line too. The client previously used
is_field_value(), which let an embedded SP or HTAB through.

encode_path() only escaped CR/LF among the control characters, so with
path encoding enabled a path like "/a\tb" would now be rejected instead
of sent. Percent-encode every control character (0x00-0x1F, 0x7F).

httplib.h

@@ -3957,6 +3957,7 @@ bool is_field_vchar(char c);
 bool is_field_content(const std::string &s);
 bool is_field_value(const std::string &s);
 bool is_field_valid(const std::string &name, const std::string &value);
+bool is_request_target(const std::string &s);
 
 } // namespace fields
 } // namespace detail
@@ -5821,15 +5822,15 @@ inline std::string encode_path(const std::string &s) {
     switch (s[i]) {
     case ' ': result += "%20"; break;
     case '+': result += "%2B"; break;
-    case '\r': result += "%0D"; break;
-    case '\n': result += "%0A"; break;
     case '\'': result += "%27"; break;
     case ',': result += "%2C"; break;
     // case ':': result += "%3A"; break; // ok? probably...
     case ';': result += "%3B"; break;
     default:
       auto c = static_cast<uint8_t>(s[i]);
-      if (c >= 0x80) {
+      // Control characters (incl. CR/LF) and non-ASCII bytes are not allowed
+      // in a request-target as-is.
+      if (c < 0x20 || c == 0x7f || c >= 0x80) {
         result += '%';
         char hex[4];
         auto len = snprintf(hex, sizeof(hex) - 1, "%02X", c);
@@ -8561,14 +8562,11 @@ bool read_content(Stream &strm, T &x, size_t payload_max_length, int &status,
 
 inline ssize_t write_request_line(Stream &strm, const std::string &method,
                                   const std::string &path) {
-  // Neither the method nor the request target may carry CR/LF (or other
-  // control octets); otherwise a value smuggled into either splits the request
-  // line and injects headers or a whole request. The method must be a token
-  // (RFC 9110 Section 9.1), which also rejects an empty method and embedded
-  // spaces. The target gets the same field-value check that already guards
-  // header values in check_and_write_headers.
+  // Neither the method nor the request target may carry CR/LF, SP or other
+  // control octets; otherwise a value smuggled into either splits the request
+  // line and injects headers or a whole request.
   if (!fields::is_token(method)) { return -1; }
-  if (!fields::is_field_value(path)) { return -1; }
+  if (!fields::is_request_target(path)) { return -1; }
 
   std::string s = method;
   s += ' ';
@@ -10222,6 +10220,12 @@ inline bool is_field_valid(const std::string &name, const std::string &value) {
   return is_field_name(name) && is_field_value(value);
 }
 
+// RFC 9112 §2.2/§3.2: the request-target has no SP, HTAB or other control
+// characters (incl. bare CR). obs-text (raw UTF-8) is allowed.
+inline bool is_request_target(const std::string &s) {
+  return std::all_of(s.begin(), s.end(), is_field_vchar);
+}
+
 } // namespace fields
 
 inline bool perform_websocket_handshake(Stream &strm, Request &req,
@@ -13296,12 +13300,7 @@ inline bool Server::parse_request_line(const char *s, Request &req) const {
     return false;
   }
 
-  // RFC 9112 §2.2/§3.2: reject control characters (incl. bare CR) in the
-  // request-target. obs-text is allowed since some clients send raw UTF-8.
-  if (!std::all_of(req.target.begin(), req.target.end(),
-                   detail::fields::is_field_vchar)) {
-    return false;
-  }
+  if (!detail::fields::is_request_target(req.target)) { return false; }
 
   {
     // Skip URL fragment

test/test.cc

@@ -4060,6 +4060,37 @@ TEST(PathUrlEncodeTest, StreamingCRLFInTargetIsEncoded) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST(PathUrlEncodeTest, ControlCharsInPathAreEncoded) {
+  // Every control character is percent-encoded, not just CR/LF, so the target
+  // passes the request-target check in write_request_line.
+  Server svr;
+
+  std::string target;
+  svr.set_pre_routing_handler([&](const Request &req, Response &res) {
+    target = req.target;
+    res.status = StatusCode::OK_200;
+    return Server::HandlerResponse::Handled;
+  });
+
+  auto port = svr.bind_to_any_port(HOST);
+  auto thread = std::thread([&]() { svr.listen_after_bind(); });
+  auto se = detail::scope_exit([&] {
+    svr.stop();
+    thread.join();
+    ASSERT_FALSE(svr.is_running());
+  });
+
+  svr.wait_until_ready();
+
+  {
+    Client cli(HOST, port);
+
+    auto res = cli.Get("/a\tb\x1b\x7f");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(res) << "Error: " << to_string(res.error());
+    EXPECT_EQ("/a%09b%1B%7F", target);
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(PathUrlEncodeTest, StreamingCRLFRejectedWhenPathEncodeDisabled) {
   // Nothing may reach the wire: a raw CR/LF target would split the request
   // line and inject headers.
@@ -10092,7 +10123,7 @@ ssize_t write_request_line(Stream &strm, const std::string &method,
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace httplib
 
-TEST(RequestLineInjectionTest, RejectsCRLFInTarget) {
+TEST(RequestLineInjectionTest, RejectsInvalidCharsInTarget) {
   // A well-formed target is written verbatim.
   {
     detail::BufferStream strm;
@@ -10101,15 +10132,18 @@ TEST(RequestLineInjectionTest, RejectsCRLFInTarget) {
     EXPECT_EQ("GET /path?a=b HTTP/1.1\r\n", strm.get_buffer());
   }
 
-  // A target carrying CR/LF must be rejected before anything reaches the wire,
-  // otherwise it splits the request line and injects a header or a whole
-  // request. This is what a decoded redirect Location ("%0D%0A") turns into
-  // when path encoding is disabled.
+  // A target carrying CR/LF, SP or other control octets must be rejected
+  // before anything reaches the wire, otherwise it splits the request line and
+  // injects a header or a whole request. This is what a decoded redirect
+  // Location ("%0D%0A") turns into when path encoding is disabled.
   const std::string evil_targets[] = {
       "/a\r\nInjected: pwned",
       "/a\rInjected",
       "/a\nInjected",
       "/a\r\n\r\nGET /evil HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: victim\r\n\r\n",
+      "/a b",
+      "/a\tb",
+      "/a\x7f",
   };
   for (const auto &evil : evil_targets) {
     detail::BufferStream strm;
@@ -10120,11 +10154,11 @@ TEST(RequestLineInjectionTest, RejectsCRLFInTarget) {
 }
 
 TEST(RequestLineInjectionTest, ClientRejectsCRLFTargetEndToEnd) {
-  // End-to-end counterpart to RejectsCRLFInTarget. With path encoding disabled
-  // the client transmits the target verbatim, so a CR/LF-bearing target -- what
-  // a redirect Location "%0D%0A" decodes to -- reaches write_request. The
-  // client must fail cleanly with Error::Write instead of putting a
-  // request-line-less, header-injecting request on the wire.
+  // End-to-end counterpart to RejectsInvalidCharsInTarget. With path encoding
+  // disabled the client transmits the target verbatim, so a CR/LF-bearing
+  // target -- what a redirect Location "%0D%0A" decodes to -- reaches
+  // write_request. The client must fail cleanly with Error::Write instead of
+  // putting a request-line-less, header-injecting request on the wire.
   Server svr;
 
   svr.Get("/a", [](const Request &, Response &res) {