Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final, Netty incorrectly parses quoted strings in HTTP/1.1 chunked transfer encoding extension values, enabling request smuggling attacks. Versions 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final fix the issue.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pwqr-wmgm-9rr8 Netty: HTTP Request Smuggling via Chunked Extension Quoted-String Parsing
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Description Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final, Netty incorrectly parses quoted strings in HTTP/1.1 chunked transfer encoding extension values, enabling request smuggling attacks. Versions 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final fix the issue.
Title Netty: HTTP Request Smuggling via Chunked Extension Quoted-String Parsing
Weaknesses CWE-444
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-03-27T19:54:15.586Z

Reserved: 2026-03-24T15:10:05.678Z

Link: CVE-2026-33870

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-27T20:16:34.663

Modified: 2026-03-27T20:16:34.663

Link: CVE-2026-33870

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