Bug 2531575 (CVE-2026-89044)

Summary: CVE-2026-89044 netty: Netty: HTTP Request Smuggling via Transfer-Encoding header validation bypass
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aazores, amctagga, anthomas, ant, anujha, aoconnor, aschwart, asoldano, asyoung, aszczucz, ataylor, bbaranow, bbrownin, bmaxwell, bniver, boliveir, bstansbe, ccranfor, cescoffi, cmah, csuconic, dbruscin, dhanak, dlofthou, drichtar, drosa, dsimansk, eaguilar, ebaron, ehelms, ehugonne, ewittman, flucifre, fmariani, fmongiar, ggainey, ggastald, gmalinko, gmeno, groman, gsmet, gtanzill, gtully, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jbuscemi, jhollowa, jmartisk, jmatsuok, jnethert, jpasqual, jpechane, jsherman, jtolenti, juwatts, jwon, kaycoth, kingland, kvanderr, manderse, mbenjamin, mcarlett, mdellweg, mhackett, mhulan, mnovotny, mosmerov, mposolda, msvehla, nipatil, nmoumoul, nwallace, olubyans, osousa, ozzy, pantinor, pberan, pcreech, pdelbell, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, prichard, rchan, rgemmell, rgodfrey, rguimara, rhel-process-autobot, rkubis, rmartinc, rstancel, rstepani, sausingh, sbiarozk, sdawley, smallamp, sostapov, ssilvert, sthirugn, sthorger, tbish, tcunning, thjenkin, tlavocat, tmalecek, varjain, vdosoudi, vereddy, vmuzikar, watson-tool-maintainers, yfang
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A flaw was found in Netty. A remote attacker could exploit improper validation of the Transfer-Encoding header by sending specially crafted HTTP requests. This vulnerability allows for HTTP request smuggling, enabling attackers to bypass security controls and potentially gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or perform actions on behalf of other users.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-10 17:52:32 UTC
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.