HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting io.netty:netty-codec-http package, versions [,4.1.44.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.86% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-543669
  • published30 Jan 2020
  • disclosed29 Jan 2020
  • creditZeddy

Introduced: 29 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20444  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.netty:netty-codec-http to version 4.1.44.Final or higher.

Overview

io.netty:netty-codec-http is a network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. It allows an HTTP header that lacks a colon, which might be interpreted as a separate header with an incorrect syntax or as an "invalid fold."

CVSS Scores

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