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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-62380 EUVD-2026-64272GHSA-jmpc-xv4r-m7fw

Netty before 4.2.16.Final SOCKS Proxy Null Byte Injection

Published Aug 22, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
netty netty 4.2.0.Final – < 4.2.16.Final, < 4.1.137.Final 4.2.16.Final

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 netty No fix yet —
Debian 13 netty No fix yet —
Debian 12 netty No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 netty No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 netty 4.1.138-150200.4.56.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLES 15 SP7 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLES 15 SP6 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLES 15 SP5 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLES 15 SP4 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 netty-tcnative 2.0.84-150200.3.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed netty 4.1.138-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11882-1

Advisories 3

References