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.
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GHSA-45q3-82m4-75jr | Netty has HTTP Header Injection via HttpProxyHandler Disabled Validation (Incomplete Fix CVE-2025-67735) |
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Wed, 13 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Netty: HTTP Header Injection via HttpProxyHandler Disabled Validation | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-113 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-13T18:37:18.204Z
Reserved: 2026-04-28T17:26:12.085Z
Link: CVE-2026-42578
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.210
Modified: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.210
Link: CVE-2026-42578
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