CVE-2026-33870
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.6%
49.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-444
Published 2026-03-27 · modified 2026-09-14
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | N | None |
Timeline
- 2026-03-27 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-14 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- exploit https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-pwqr-wmgm-9rr8
- https://w4ke.info/2025/06/18/funky-chunks.html
- https://w4ke.info/2025/10/29/funky-chunks-2.html
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10175
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13571
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14276
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17668
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22619
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65126
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7109
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8509
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33870
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452453
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33870.json