HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting netty package, versions <1:4.1.45-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.62% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NETTY-18016366
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2020

Introduced: 27 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-7238  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest netty to version 1:4.1.45-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netty package and not the netty package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Netty 4.1.43.Final allows HTTP Request Smuggling because it mishandles Transfer-Encoding whitespace (such as a [space]Transfer-Encoding:chunked line) and a later Content-Length header. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16869.

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