Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-20444

critical

CVE-2019-20444

netty: HTTP request smuggling

Published Modified CWE 444
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GHSA9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows an HTTP header that lacks a colon, which might be interpreted as a separate header with an incorrect syntax, or might be interpreted as an "invalid fold."

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenio.netty:netty, io.netty:netty-codec-http, org.jboss.netty:netty4.1.44
chainguarddruid34.0.0-r6
debian 10netty1:4.1.33-1+deb10u2
debian 11netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 12netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 13netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 14netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 8netty, netty-3.91:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2 and 1 more
debian 9netty, netty-3.91:4.1.7-2+deb9u2 and 1 more
echonetty1:4.1.45-1
Red Hatcandlepin, candlepin-selinux, nettyno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04-ESMnetty1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenio.netty:nettyno fix listed
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenio.netty:netty-codec-http4.1.44
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.jboss.netty:nettyno fix listed
chainguarddruid34.0.0-r6
debian 10netty1:4.1.33-1+deb10u2
debian 11netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 12netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 13netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 14netty1:4.1.45-1
debian 8netty1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2
debian 8netty-3.93.9.0.Final-1+deb8u1
debian 9netty1:4.1.7-2+deb9u2
debian 9netty-3.93.9.9.Final-1+deb9u1
echonetty1:4.1.45-1
Red Hatcandlepinno fix listed
Red Hatcandlepin-selinuxno fix listed
Red Hatnettyno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04-ESMnetty1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1
ubuntu 16.04netty-3.93.9.0.Final-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMnetty-3.93.9.0.Final-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04netty1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04netty-3.93.9.9.Final-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMnetty1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMnetty-3.93.9.9.Final-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
wolfidruid34.0.0-r6

References

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