CVE-2026-59903: netty
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-59903 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in netty. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3Timeline
- 17-08-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.http.cors.CorsHandler setVaryHeader replaces application Vary headers such as Authorization or Cookie with Origin, allowing a caching proxy or CDN to reuse authenticated responses across users and disclose sensitive information. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.24% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard200 products
- airbyte-platform-bootloader< 2.0.0-r4
- airbyte-platform-cron< 2.0.0-r4
- airbyte-platform-fips-bootloader< 2.0.0-r4
- airbyte-platform-fips-cron< 2.0.0-r4
- airbyte-platform-fips-server< 2.0.0-r4
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References
11 links- github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-8c42-7qj2-3j46X Refsource CONFIRMAdvisoryWEBVendor Advisory
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- github.com/netty/nettyPACKAGE