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Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Jul 21, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2026-56746

CVE-2026-56746

Description

Netty 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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
io.netty:netty-codec-httpMaven
>= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final4.2.16.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-httpMaven
< 4.1.136.Final4.1.136.Final

Affected products

244

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