netty-incubator-codec-ohttp OHttpVersionChunkDraft's Missing Final-Chunk Enforcement…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. Prior to version 0.0.22.FInal, the codec-ohttp implementation of draft-ietf-ohai-chunked-ohttp does not verify that a cryptographically-signed final chunk was received before the outer HTTP body terminates. An on-path adversary (the OHTTP relay itself, or any MITM on the relay↔gateway or relay↔client transport) can forward a prefix of a legitimate chunked-OHTTP message—cut at a non-final chunk boundary—and close the outer body cleanly, producing no decryption error and no exception in the receiving application. Version 0.0.22.Final fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| netty | netty-incubator-codec-ohttp | before 0.0.22.Final | 0.0.22.Final | Patch available | CNA |
| — | io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp (Maven) | before 0.0.22.Final | 0.0.22.Final | Patch available | GHSA-r6fj-869h-4f6q |
- netty-incubator-codec-ohttp Vendornetty Affected before 0.0.22.Final Fixed in 0.0.22.Final Patch available CNA
- io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.22.Final Fixed in 0.0.22.Final Patch available GHSA-r6fj-869h-4f6q
Remediation
- Fix · CNA netty-incubator-codec-ohttp (netty) Fixed in 0.0.22.Final
- Fix · GHSA-r6fj-869h-4f6q io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp (Maven) Fixed in 0.0.22.Final Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48480
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r6fj-869h-4f6q
References
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- TI-2026-30864 Netty: HttpClientCodec response desynchronization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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- TI-2026-64821 Netty 4.2.11 through 4.2.17 QUIC Hostname Verification Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-64818 Netty HTTP/3 QPACK encoder-stream unbounded memory exhaustion DoS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-48480 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48480 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r6fj-869h-4f6q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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