CVE-2019-16869
HIGH 7.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 8.64 % · percentile 95 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Netty before 4.1.42.Final mishandles whitespace before the colon in HTTP headers (such as a "Transfer-Encoding : chunked" line), which leads to HTTP request smuggling.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-444 — Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/9571
- https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.41.Final...netty-4.1.42.Final
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e39931d7cdd17241e69a0a09a89d99d7435bcc59afee8a9628d67769@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6e1e34c0d5635a987d595df9e532edac212307243bb1b49eead6d55b@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2494a2ac7f66af6e4646a4937b17972a4ec7cd3c7333c66ffd6c639d@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/76540c8b0ed761bfa6c81fa28c13057f13a5448aed079d656f6a3c79@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9128111213b7b734ffc85db08d8f789b00a85a7f241b708e55debbd0@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00035.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d3eb0dbea75ef5c400bd49dfa1901ad50be606cca3cb29e0d01b6a54@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3e6d7aae1cca10257e3caf2d69b22f74c875f12a1314155af422569d@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37ed432b8eb35d8bd757f53783ec3e334bd51f514534432bea7f1c3d@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bdf7a5e597346a75d2d884ca48c767525e35137ad59d8f10b8fc943c@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/380f6d2730603a2cd6b0a8bea9bcb21a86c199147e77e448c5f7390b@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cf5aa087632ead838f8ac3a42e9837684e7afe6e0fcb7704e0c73bc0@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cbf6e6a04cb37e9320ad20e437df63beeab1755fc0761918ed5c5a6e@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2e1cf538b502713c2c42ffa46d81f4688edb5676eb55bd9fc4b4fed7@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0f77c73af32cbe4ff0968bfcbbe80ae6361f3dccdd46f3177547266@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b2cd51795f938632c6f60a4c59d9e587fbacd7f7d0e0a3684850a30f@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e192fe8797c192679759ffa6b15e4d0806546945a41d8ebfbc6ee3ac@%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d14f721e0099b914daebe29bca199fde85d8354253be9d6d3d46507a@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f6c5ebfb018787c764f000362d59e4b231c0a36b6253aa866de8c64e@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3901
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6063699b87b501ecca8dd3b0e82251bfc85f29363a9b46ac5ace80cf@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d530599dc7813056c712213e367b68cdf56fb5c9b73f864870bc4c@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/af6e9c2d716868606523857a4cd7a5ee506e6d1710f5fb0d567ec030@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/19fed892608db1efe5a5ce14372137669ff639df0205323959af7de3@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b264fa5801e87698e9f43f2b5585fbc5ebdc26c6f4aad861b258fb69@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b3dda6399a0ea2b647624b899fd330fca81834e41b13e3e11e1002d8@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ee6faea9e542c0b90afd70297a9daa203e20d41aa2ac7fca6703662f@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/860acce024d79837e963a51a42bab2cef8e8d017aad2b455ecd1dcf0@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0acadfb96176768caac79b404110df62d14d30aa9d53b6dbdb1407ac@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/51923a9ba513b2e816e02a9d1fd8aa6f12e3e4e99bbd9dc884bccbbe@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/681493a2f9b63f5b468f741d88d1aa51b2cfcf7a1c5b74ea8c4343fb@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/799eb85d67cbddc1851a3e63a07b55e95b2f44f1685225d38570ce89@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/64b10f49c68333aaecf00348c5670fe182e49fd60d45c4a3ab241f8b@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b3ddeebbfaf8a288d7de8ab2611cf2609ab76b9809f0633248546b7c@%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/35961d1ae00849974353a932b4fef12ebce074541552eceefa04f1fd@%3Cdev.olingo.apache.org%3E
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4597
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0164
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0160
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0161
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re45ee9256d3233c31d78e59ee59c7dc841c7fbd83d0769285b41e948@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0445
- +96 more
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-p979-4mfw-53vg — HTTP Request Smuggling in Netty
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-0710
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2019-16869
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0627 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0661 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0106 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0021 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0031 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-113 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits NetApp · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.1.42cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |