CVE-2026-42585
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty incorrectly parses malformed Transfer-Encoding, enabling request smuggling attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-05-13 19:17:24.187000
Last modified
2026-10-26 17:10:03.270000
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