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Critical 9.1Published Jan 29, 2020
CVE-2019-20444HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows an HTTP header that lacks a colon, which might be interpreted as a separate header with an incorrect syntax, or might be interpreted as an "invali…
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HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows an HTTP header that lacks a colon, which might be interpreted as a separate header with an incorrect syntax, or might be interpreted as an "invalid fold."
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
netty netty netty:netty | before 4.1.44 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora | 33 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | NVD |
redhat jboss_amq_clients redhat:jboss_amq_clients | 2 | NVD |
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 7.2; 7.3 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/9866
- https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.43.Final...netty-4.1.44.Final
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re45ee9256d3233c31d78e59ee59c7dc841c7fbd83d0769285b41e948@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Emailing-list
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