CVE-2026-50020

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, before reading the first request-line, `HttpObjectDecoder` skips every byte for which `Character.isISOControl(b)` is `true` (0x00–0x1F and 0x7F) as well as all whitespace. RFC 9112 §2.2 only asks servers to ignore empty CRLF lines preceding the request-line — a carefully scoped robustness allowance intended to handle HTTP/1.0 POST workarounds. Silently absorbing NUL bytes, SOH, STX, and other non-CRLF control characters goes significantly beyond this, and can be exploited for request-boundary confusion in pipelined or multiplexed transports where a front-end component treats those bytes differently. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
Configurations

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

History

15 Jun 2026, 02:31

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Netty netty
Netty
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final - () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final - () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-hvcg-qmg6-jm4c - () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-hvcg-qmg6-jm4c - Vendor Advisory

12 Jun 2026, 17:16

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References () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-hvcg-qmg6-jm4c - () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-hvcg-qmg6-jm4c -

12 Jun 2026, 16:18

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-12 16:16

Updated : 2026-06-15 02:31


NVD link : CVE-2026-50020

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50020

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50020


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Products Affected

netty

  • netty
CWE
CWE-444

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