CVE-2026-59903 | BDVDB-2026-360549 Detail

nettynetty

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-524 Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-08-17Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-08-17
Last modified: 2026-08-17

Vendor information

Vendor: netty
Product: netty

All netty vulnerabilities

Score

6.5 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 25.6.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 4.1.137.Final
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
>= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.17.Final
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.5 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).