
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-59921
netty: CVE-2026-59921
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.7
CVSS: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.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | netty | sid | 1:4.1.48-16 | vulnerable |
| Debian | netty | forky | 1:4.1.48-16 | vulnerable |
| Debian | netty | trixie | 1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | netty | trixie-security | 1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | netty | bookworm | 1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | netty | bookworm-security | 1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-codec-http | Not reported | 4.2.16.Final | fixed |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-codec-http | Not reported | 4.1.136.Final | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | netty | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1143052] |
| Debian | netty | source | forky | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1143052] |
| Debian | netty | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1143052] |
| Debian | netty | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1143052] |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-codec-http | maven | Not reported | 4.2.16.Final | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-codec-http | maven | Not reported | 4.1.136.Final | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnetty-java]Affected
Source package: [netty]
Details (4)
1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12
1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12
1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityAffected
dsa · netty · debian · bookworm; dsa · netty · debian · 12
1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityAffected
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 · trixieAffected
dsa · netty · debian · 13
1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · netty · debian · 13
1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1· all · trixie-securityAffected
dsa · netty · debian · 13
1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1· all · trixie-securityAffected
dsa · netty · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_11394-1.json]
- [https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcjf-9mgh-3p7g]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59921]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-59921]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-59921.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2356.json]
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