CVE-2026-56746

NameCVE-2026-56746
DescriptionNetty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, are vulnerable to security control bypass during the origin evaluation process. CorsHandler provides a shortCircuit() configuration designed to reject unauthorized cross-origin requests immediately, acting as a security control before requests reach the application. However, due to a logical operator error in the origin evaluation process, this protection can be entirely bypassed. An attacker can bypass the short-circuit mechanism by sending a request with an Origin: null header. This failure forwards unauthorized requests to the backend application, bypassing intended access controls. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1142680

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
netty (PTS)bullseye1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2vulnerable
bullseye (security)1:4.1.48-4+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:4.1.48-7+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie1:4.1.48-10+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid1:4.1.48-16vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nettysource(unstable)(unfixed)1142680

Notes

https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6cqp-g7gg-8hr5

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