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SCA: security update for io.netty:netty-codec-http (GHSA-cqqj-4p63-rrmm)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422574

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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."
 (CVE-2019-20444)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cqqj-4p63-rrmm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422574

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20444

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20444

cwe: CWE-444