๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-42585

MEDIUM 6.5

Netty: HTTP Request Smuggling due to malformed Transfer-Encoding

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty incorrectly parses malformed Transfer-Encoding, enabling request smuggling attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.

CWE CWE-444
Vendor netty
Product netty
Published May 13, 2026
Last Updated May 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

netty / netty
>= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final < 4.1.133.Final
io.netty / netty-codec-http
>= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final < 4.1.133.Final

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-38f8-5428-x5cv