Request smuggling via lone-LF chunk termination
Published Sep 3, 2025 · Updated Sep 5, 2025
HTTP request smuggling in Netty 4.1.124.Final and earlier and 4.2.0.Alpha3 through 4.2.4.Final allows remote attackers to bypass access controls. HttpObjectDecoder treats a lone LF in an HTTP/1.1 chunk extension as the end of the chunk-size line instead of requiring CRLF. Exploitation requires a reverse proxy that retains chunk extensions and treats the lone LF differently, enabling hidden requests and response corruption.
Summary
What happened
HTTP request smuggling in Netty 4.1.124.Final and earlier and 4.2.0.Alpha3 through 4.2.4.Final allows remote attackers to bypass access controls. HttpObjectDecoder treats a lone LF in an HTTP/1.1 chunk extension as the end of the chunk-size line instead of requiring CRLF. Exploitation requires a reverse proxy that retains chunk extensions and treats the lone LF differently, enabling hidden requests and response corruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-58056
- Published
- Sep 3, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 5, 2025
- Vendor
- The Netty Project
- Product
- Netty
- Classifications
- CWE-444, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=<= 4.1.124.Final, < 4.1.125.Final
- Affected versionversion=>= 4.2.0.Alpha3, < 4.2.5.Final
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Upstream lone-LF request-smuggling proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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