CVE-2026-42581

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, HttpObjectDecoder strips a conflicting Content-Length header when a request carries both Transfer-Encoding: chunked and Content-Length, but only for HTTP/1.1 messages. The guard is absent for HTTP/1.0. An attacker that sends an HTTP/1.0 request with both headers causes Netty to decode the body as chunked while leaving Content-Length intact in the forwarded HttpMessage. Any downstream proxy or handler that trusts Content-Length over Transfer-Encoding will disagree on message boundaries, enabling request smuggling. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2026-05-13 19:17

Updated : 2026-09-11 13:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-42581

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42581

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42581


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Products Affected

netty

  • netty
CWE
CWE-444

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')