SB20260415180 - SUSE update for netty, netty-tcnative



SB20260415180 - SUSE update for netty, netty-tcnative

Published: April 15, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB20260415180
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33870)

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests within chunked transfer encoding extension values. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.


2) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33871)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the "DefaultHttp2FrameReader" function within HTTP/2 server. A remote attacker can send a flood of CONTINUATION frames and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.