Netty 4.1.133.Final through 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.13.Final through 4.2.17.Final HTTP Request Smuggling via Transfer-Encoding

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What is CVE-2026-89044?

CVE-2026-89044 is a vulnerability classified as Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling'), affecting netty (affected versions: 4.1.133.Final – < 4.1.138.Final and 4.2.13.Final – < 4.2.18.Final). This vulnerability is rated Medium, with a CVSS score of 6.9. There is not enough data to determine whether this vulnerability has been exploited.

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Netty versions 4.1.133.Final through 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.13.Final through 4.2.17.Final fail to properly validate the final transfer coding in the Transfer-Encoding header, allowing attackers to smuggle requests by using malformed encoding declarations. Attackers can split Transfer-Encoding headers across multiple lines or use values like 'chunked, xchunked' to bypass validation and decode messages as chunked when the final coding is not chunked, enabling request smuggling attacks.

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