CVE catalog

CVE-2026-59921

netty: CVE-2026-59921

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium · CVSS 5.7CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.46% · Oct 25, 2026

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, HttpPostRequestEncoder constructs multipart HTTP request bodies by directly concatenating user-supplied filenames and field names into Content-Disposition MIME headers without validating or sanitizing CRLF characters (\r\n). Since MIME headers are delimited by CRLF, an attacker who controls the filename can inject arbitrary MIME headers into the multipart body part. The root cause is that neither the encoder nor the FileUpload implementations' setFilename() methods, which only check for null, neutralize CRLF characters before the filename is embedded into the header. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiannettysid1:4.1.48-16vulnerable
Debiannettyforky1:4.1.48-16vulnerable
Debiannettytrixie1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1vulnerable
Debiannettytrixie-security1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1vulnerable
Debiannettybookworm1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2vulnerable
Debiannettybookworm-security1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2vulnerable
Mavenio.netty:netty-codec-httpNot reported4.2.16.Finalfixed
Mavenio.netty:netty-codec-httpNot reported4.1.136.Finalfixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiannettysourcesid(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1143052]
Debiannettysourceforky(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1143052]
Debiannettysourcetrixie(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1143052]
Debiannettysourcebookworm(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1143052]
Mavenio.netty:netty-codec-httpmavenNot reported4.2.16.FinalNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Mavenio.netty:netty-codec-httpmavenNot reported4.1.136.FinalNot reportedNot reportedNot reported

[Debian bug #1143052]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libnetty-java]Affected

    Source package: [netty]

    Details (4)
    • 1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12

    • 1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12

    • 1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2 · all · bookworm-security

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12

    • 1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2 · all · bookworm-security

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libnetty-java]Affected

    Source package: [netty]

    Details (4)
    • 1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1 · all · trixie

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · 13

    • 1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1 · all · trixie

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · 13

    • 1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1 · all · trixie-security

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · 13

    • 1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1 · all · trixie-security

      Affected

      dsa · netty · debian · 13

Observed:

References