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CVE-2019-20445

critical

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 hea…

Vendor / product: Netty — netty

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
9.1
9.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2020-01-29 21:15
Modified: 2026-10-08 22:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

netty / netty <4.1.44
debian / debian_linux 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
fedoraproject / fedora 33
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04
redhat / jboss_amq_clients 2
redhat / jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.2, 7.3
apache / spark 2.4.7, 2.4.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.43.Final...netty-4.1.44.Final
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/9861
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.43.Final...netty-4.1.44.Final
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/9861

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗

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