CVE-2026-59903 PUBLISHED

Netty: Cache Poisoning and Information Disclosure via CORS Vary Header Overwrite

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.07.2026 Published: 17.08.2026 Updated: 17.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor netty
Product netty
Versions
  • Version < 4.1.137.Final is affected
  • Version >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.17.Final is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-524: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information CWE