Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Netty - CVE-2026-42584
Published: May 5, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130205
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-42584
CWE-ID: CWE-444
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Netty
Netty
Software vendor:
Netty project
Netty project
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disrupt HTTP parsing integrity and availability on the connection.
The vulnerability exists due to inconsistent interpretation of HTTP responses in HttpClientCodec when processing pipelined HTTP/1.1 responses that include a 1xx response before a GET response body and a subsequent HEAD response. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted sequence of HTTP responses to disrupt HTTP parsing integrity and availability on the connection.
Exploitation requires HTTP/1.1 pipelining, a HEAD request in the pipeline, and a server response sequence that includes a 1xx response.
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.