CVE-2026-62380
Netty before 4.2.16.Final SOCKS Proxy Null Byte Injection
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- Published
- Aug 22, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 13, 2026
Description
Netty (io.netty:netty-codec-socks) versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.16.Final and 4.1.x through 4.1.136.Final contain null byte, CRLF, and credential injection vulnerabilities in the SOCKS4 (Socks4ClientEncoder) and SOCKS5 (Socks5ClientEncoder) client encoders, which fail to validate domain address and authentication (username/password) fields. An attacker able to control these fields can inject null bytes or CRLF characters to truncate or alter values, potentially enabling domain spoofing, SOCKS4 userid truncation, authentication data injection, and protocol confusion. Fixed in 4.2.17.Final and 4.1.137.Final.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-626 Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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nettynetty |
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References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-cc6x-ffm5-83wf)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Netty before 4.2.16.Final SOCKS Proxy Null Byte Injectionthird-party-advisory
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