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Advisory record · GHSA-6cqp-g7gg-8hr5

Netty: Security Control Bypass via CORS Short-Circuit Failure

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.0041 · 35th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 22 Jul 2026, 21:42 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
io.netty:netty-codec-httpMaven>=4.2.0.Final, <4.2.16.Final || <4.1.136.Final4.2.16.Final, 4.1.136.Final
Identifiers
GHSA-6cqp-g7gg-8hr5 · CVE-2026-56746
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-284
Tags
Published
22 Jul 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Netty's netty-codec-http package, versions 4.2.0.Final before 4.2.16.Final and versions before 4.1.136.Final, has a flaw in its CORS handler where the shortCircuit() setting can be bypassed. An attacker who can send HTTP requests can send an Origin: null header to get unauthorized cross-origin requests forwarded to the backend application, bypassing access controls. Upgrade to 4.2.16.Final or 4.1.136.Final.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0041, the 35th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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