Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's HttpProxyHandler constructs HTTP CONNECT requests with header validation explicitly disabled. The newInitialMessage() method creates headers using DefaultHttpHeadersFactory.headersFactory().withValidation(false), then adds user-provided outboundHeaders without any CRLF validation. This allows an attacker who can influence the outbound headers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into the CONNECT request sent to the proxy server. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| netty | netty | >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final; < 4.1.133.Final |
| Red Hat | Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.6 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.14.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1.P1 for Spring Boot 3.5.16 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.2 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 | — |
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-45q3-82m4-75jrExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23808
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24502
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25123
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49701
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54435
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65126
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66545
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42578
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477226
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-45q3-82m4-75jrExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42578.json
Timeline
- Published
- May 13, 2026
- Last modified
- Sep 18, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified