CVE-2020-7238
moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-27
Netty 4.1.43.Final allows HTTP Request Smuggling because it mishandles Transfer-Encoding whitespace (such as a [space]Transfer-Encoding:chunked line) and a later Content-Length header. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16869.
Do I need to act?
~
1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (10)
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories
Openshift Application Runtimes Text-Only Advisories
Affected Vendors
References (36)
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0606
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0811
Vendor Advisory
https://netty.io/news/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4885
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567
and 16 more references
46
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
4/34 · Minimal
Exposure
16/34 · Moderate