CVE-2026-42580

Netty: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect chunk size parsing

Published May 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's chunk size parser silently overflows int, enabling request smuggling attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m4cv-j2px-7723 Netty vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect chunk size parsing
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Io.netty
Io.netty netty-codec-http
Netty
Netty netty
Vendors & Products Io.netty
Io.netty netty-codec-http
Netty
Netty netty
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Description Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's chunk size parser silently overflows int, enabling request smuggling attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Title Netty: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect chunk size parsing
Weaknesses CWE-190
CWE-444
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 14, 2026, 6:21 PM
Reserved
Apr 28, 2026, 5:26 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 13, 2026, 7:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 5:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 13, 2026, 6:04 PM