Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in Netty - CVE-2022-0552
Published: March 3, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60987
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0552
CWE-ID: CWE-444
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests in io.netty:netty-codec-http2 in Netty, if the request only uses a single Http2HeaderFrame with the endStream set to to true. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU51837 (CVE-2021-21409).
Affected software
Netty
OpenShift Logging
OpenShift Logging
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0552
Install updates from vendor's website.
Netty - update to 4.1.74
OpenShift Logging - addressed in versions 5.1.9, 5.2.8
OpenShift Logging - addressed in versions 5.1.9, 5.2.8