Vulnerability in Netty (CVE-2026-100666)
Summary
Vulnerability in Netty (CVE-2026-100666). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.2.17.Final or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Netty's HttpServerCodec (io.netty:netty-codec-http) in versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.16.Final and in versions up to and including 4.1.136.Final pairs each outbound response with an inbound request by calling pollMethod() once per response, including for 1xx informational responses. If a client pipelines an HTTP/1.1 GET carrying an Expect: 100-continue header followed by a HEAD request, the 100 Continue response consumes the queued GET method, so the subsequent 200 OK for the GET is paired with HEAD and its body is dropped, while the following 200 OK for the HEAD request is written with a body. This desynchronizes HTTP parsing on the connection: the GET entity is never delivered and the HEAD response body is interpreted as the GET body, resulting in response splitting and unsafe connection reuse. Fixed in 4.2.17.Final and 4.1.137.Final.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-100666 has been found in Netty.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.3/10.
What to do: upgrade Netty to 4.2.17.Final or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Netty CVE-2026-100666" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-100666 (Netty) — CWE-444 / CVSS v3 7.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 4.2.17.Final — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-444) exists in Netty.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Netty.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 4.2.17.Final.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Netty' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Netty' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Nettyを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Netty to 4.2.17.Finalステージング環境で 4.2.17.Final に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web github.com
- web vulncheck.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com