# CVE-2025-67735: Netty has a CRLF Injection vulnerability in io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequestEncoder

- Also known as: GHSA-84H7-RJJ3-6JX4
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.8.Final, 4.1.129.Final
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2025-12-16

## Affected

- netty: from 4.2.0.Alpha1, fixed in 4.2.8.Final; fixed in 4.1.129.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http (Maven): from 4.2.0.Alpha1, fixed in 4.2.8.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http (Maven): fixed in 4.1.129.Final

## Description

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.129.Final and 4.2.8.Final, the `io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequestEncoder` has a CRLF injection with the request URI when constructing a request. This leads to request smuggling when `HttpRequestEncoder` is used without proper sanitization of the URI. Any application / framework using `HttpRequestEncoder` can be subject to be abused to perform request smuggling using CRLF injection. Versions 4.1.129.Final and 4.2.8.Final fix the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on netty, io.netty:netty-codec-http, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.8.Final, 4.1.129.Final) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-84h7-rjj3-6jx4

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