CVE-2026-50020 Netty's HttpObjectDecoder skips arbitrary initial control characters when only initial CRLF characters are permitted

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, before reading the first request-line, HttpObjectDecoder skips every byte for which Character.isISOControlb is true 0x00–0x1F and 0x7F as well as all...

CVE-2026-50020

Netty (network framework) contains a flaw in HttpObjectDecoder: prior to reading the first request-line, it ignores all ISO control bytes (0x00–0x1F, 0x7F) plus whitespace, beyond what RFC 9112 allows. This can cause request-boundary confusion in pipelined or multiplexed transports. Affects Netty...

CVE-2026-50020 Netty's HttpObjectDecoder skips arbitrary initial control characters when only initial CRLF characters are permitted

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, before reading the first request-line, HttpObjectDecoder skips every byte for which Character.isISOControlb is true 0x00–0x1F and 0x7F as well as all...