Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89044 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Netty 4.1.133.Final through 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.13.Final through 4.2.17.Final HTTP Request Smuggling via Transfer-Encoding. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps netty/netty (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps netty/netty (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| netty/nettygeneric | >=4.1.133.Final <4.1.138.Final || >=4.2.13.Final <4.2.18.Final | 4.1.138.Final, 4.2.18.Final |
Published upstream
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026
Netty versions 4.1.133.Final through 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.13.Final through 4.2.17.Final fail to properly validate the final transfer coding in the Transfer-Encoding header, allowing attackers to smuggle requests by using malformed encoding declarations. Attackers can split Transfer-Encoding headers across multiple lines or use values like 'chunked, xchunked' to bypass validation and decode messages as chunked when the final coding is not chunked, enabling request smuggling attacks.
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