Vulnerability in io.netty:netty-codec-http (CVE-2026-42584)
Summary
Vulnerability in io.netty:netty-codec-http (CVE-2026-42584). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.1.133.Final or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
If HttpClientCodec is configured, there are use cases when a response body from one request, can be parsed as another's.
Details
HttpClientCodec pairs each inbound response with an outbound request by queue.poll() once per response, including for 1xx. If the client pipelines GET then HEAD and the server sends 103, then 200 with GET body, then 200 for HEAD, the queue pairs HEAD with the first 200. The HEAD rule then skips reading that message’s body, so the GET entity bytes stay on the stream and the following 200 is parsed from the wrong offset.
Prerequisites
- HTTP/1.1 pipelining
- HEAD in the pipeline
- The server sends 1xx
PoC
@Test
public void test() {
EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new HttpClientCodec());
assertTrue(channel.writeOutbound(new DefaultFullHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.GET, "/1")));
ByteBuf request = channel.readOutbound();
request.release();
assertNull(channel.readOutbound());
assertTrue(channel.writeOutbound(new DefaultFullHttpRequest(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.HEAD, "/2")));
request = channel.readOutbound();
request.release();
assertNull(channel.readOutbound());
String responseStr = "HTTP/1.1 103 Early Hints\r\n\r\n" +
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 5\r\n\r\nhello" +
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n";
assertTrue(channel.writeInbound(Unpooled.copiedBuffer(re…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42584 has been found in io.netty:netty-codec-http.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.3/10.
What to do: upgrade io.netty:netty-codec-http to 4.1.133.Final or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "io.netty:netty-codec-http CVE-2026-42584" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-42584 (io.netty:netty-codec-http) — CWE-444 / CVSS v3 7.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 4.1.133.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 io.netty:netty-codec-http.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of io.netty:netty-codec-http.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 4.1.133.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. Audit SBOM/dependencies 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
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで io.netty:netty-codec-http を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade io.netty:netty-codec-http to 4.1.133.Finalステージング環境で 4.1.133.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。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42584 netty
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42584 netty Fixed in: 1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1
References
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