CVE-2026-50020

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 86% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, before reading the first request-line, HttpObjectDecoder skips every byte for which Character.isISOControl(b) is true (0x00–0x1F and 0x7F) as well as all whitespace. RFC 9112 §2.2 only asks servers to ignore empty CRLF lines preceding the request-line — a carefully scoped robustness allowance intended to handle HTTP/1.0 POST workarounds. Silently absorbing NUL bytes, SOH, STX, and other non-CRLF control characters goes significantly beyond this, and can be exploited for request-boundary confusion in pipelined or multiplexed transports where a front-end component treats those bytes differently. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 12, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_release, github.
github Patch Available

HttpObjectDecoder skips arbitrary initial control characters when only initial CRLF characters are permitted · Advisory · netty/netty · GitHub

https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-hvcg-qmg6-jm4c
github_release Patch Available

netty-4.2.15.Final

Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.2.15.Final

https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
github_release Patch Available

netty-4.1.135.Final

Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.135.Final

https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-50020(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpatch2026-08-04redhat
redhatnetty-codec-http2026-06-17redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netty1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-9 (16 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netty1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-9 (12 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netty1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-16 (8 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netty1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-16 (7 versions)——
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
io.netty:netty-codec-http4.0.0.Alpha1 ... 4.1.99.Final (228 versions)4.1.135.Final—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 74× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-20 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-50020?
CVE-2026-50020 is a medium vulnerability published on June 12, 2026. Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, before reading the first request-line, HttpObjectDecoder skips every byte for which Character.isISOControl(b) is true (0x00–0x1F and 0x7F) as well as all…
When was CVE-2026-50020 disclosed?
CVE-2026-50020 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 12, 2026, with the most recent update on June 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-50020 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-50020 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 85.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-50020?
CVE-2026-50020 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-50020?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-50020, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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