CVE-2019-20445
HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows a Content-Length header to be accompanied by a second Content-Length header, or by a Transfer-Encoding header.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows a Content-Length header to be accompanied by a second Content-Length header, or by a Transfer-Encoding header.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.83% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-444
- Affected
- netty/netty · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/jboss amq clients · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · apache/spark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0606Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0811Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.43.Final...netty-4.1.44.FinalPatch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/9861Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r030beff88aeb6d7a2d6cd21342bd18686153ce6e26a4171d0e035663%40%3Cissues.flume.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1fcccf8bdb3531c28bc9aa605a6a1bea7e68cef6fc12e01faafb2fb5%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r205937c85817a911b0c72655c2377e7a2c9322d6ef6ce1b118d34d8d%40%3Cdev.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f2989b7815d809ff3fda8ce330f553e5f133505afd04ffbc135f35f%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r310d2ce22304d5298ff87f10134f918c87919b452734f9841d95682d%40%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36fcf538b28f2029e8b4f6b9a772f3b107913a78f09b095c5b153a62%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r46f93de62b1e199f3f9babb18128681677c53493546f532ed88c359d%40%3Creviews.spark.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d3f1d3e333d9c2b2f6e6ae8ed8750d4de03410ac294bcd12c7eefa3%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ff40646e9ccce13560458419accdfc227b8b6ca4ead3a8a91decc74%40%3Cissues.flume.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r640eb9b3213058a963e18291f903fc1584e577f60035f941e32f760a%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6945f3c346b7af89bbd3526a7c9b705b1e3569070ebcd0964bcedd7d%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r70b1ff22ee80e8101805b9a473116dd33265709007d2deb6f8c80bf2%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7790b9d99696d9eddce8a8c96f13bb68460984294ea6fea3800143e4%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r804895eedd72c9ec67898286eb185e04df852b0dd5fe53cf5b6138f9%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81700644754e66ffea465c869cb477de25f8041e21598e8818fc2c45%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r819aaeb9944bdcfca438dcc51f05650dc728daf64dfd7d774fc2499b%40%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r832724df393a7ef25ca4c7c2eb83ad2d6c21c74569acda5233f9f1ec%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r959474dcf7f88565ed89f6252ca5a274419006cb71348f14764b183d%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.