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SCA: security update for io.netty:netty-codec-http (GHSA-38f8-5428-x5cv)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441362

Description

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

 - Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and
 4.1.133.Final, Netty incorrectly parses malformed Transfer-Encoding, enabling request smuggling attacks.
 This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final. (CVE-2026-42585)

Solution

Update the io.netty:netty-codec-http library and its related packages to version 4.1.133.Final or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38f8-5428-x5cv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441362

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 5/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42585

cwe: CWE-444