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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8c42-7qj2-3j46 Netty Vulnerable to Cache Poisoning and Information Disclosure via CORS Vary Header Overwrite
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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.
Title Netty: Cache Poisoning and Information Disclosure via CORS Vary Header Overwrite
Weaknesses CWE-524
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T18:14:01.121Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T16:40:07.984Z

Link: CVE-2026-59903

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T18:17:36.250

Modified: 2026-08-17T19:16:32.890

Link: CVE-2026-59903

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T20:15:06Z

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