User Impersonation Affecting io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http package, versions [,1.3.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IOPROJECTREACTORNETTY-19267393
  • published26 Aug 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026
  • creditSam Lightfoot

Introduced: 20 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-47845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http to version 1.3.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation in the evaluation of the remote IP address when the HAProxy Protocol is enabled. An attacker can bypass IP-based access controls by sending specially crafted requests.

Note: This is only exploitable if the application is configured to use the HAProxy Protocol.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1