# CVE-2026-59898: Netty: WebSockets V07/V08 handshaker missing Connection/Upgrade validation

- Also known as: GHSA-4MP9-239F-G9HG
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.16.Final, 4.1.136.Final
- Published: 2026-07-29 · Updated: 2026-07-30

## Affected

- netty: from 4.2.0.Final, fixed in 4.2.16.Final; fixed in 4.1.136.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http (Maven): from 4.2.0.Final, fixed in 4.2.16.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http (Maven): fixed in 4.1.136.Final

## Description

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, ab attacker can force WebSocket upgrade via the lax V07 (or V08) handshaker by sending `Sec-WebSocket-Version: 7` and omitting `Connection: Upgrade` / `Upgrade: websocket` headers, completing a protocol switch that a proxy would not recognize as an Upgrade request and enabling HTTP request smuggling / protocol-confusion attacks. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on netty, io.netty:netty-codec-http, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.16.Final, 4.1.136.Final) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-4mp9-239f-g9hg
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final

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