SCA: security update for io.netty:netty-codec-http (GHSA-m4cv-j2px-7723)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441345

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's chunk size parser silently overflows int, enabling request smuggling attacks. This
vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final. (CVE-2026-42580)

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-m4cv-j2px-7723

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441345

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: 2.1

Percentile: 7.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42580

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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-2026-42580

cwe: CWE-444