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CVE-2026-100663high

Netty HTTP/1 CONNECT authority-form mistranslated to malformed HTTP/3

Netty's HTTP/3 codec (io.netty:netty-codec-http3) from 4.2.2.Final through 4.2.17.Final does not special-case HTTP/1 CONNECT authority-form request-targets when converting HTTP/1 messages to HTTP/3 in HttpConversionUtil.toHttp3Headers. The authority-form target (e.g., "CONNECT trusted.example:443") is parsed as a URI, so its host is emitted as :scheme, :path is set to "/", and the HTTP/1 Host header is used as :authority; if no Host header is present the CONNECT target is dropped. In a Netty-based HTTP/1-to-HTTP/3 proxy or gateway, a remote client can send a CONNECT request whose Host header names a different authority than the request-target, producing a malformed HTTP/3 CONNECT whose tunnel :authority is attacker-controlled. This can bypass tunnel allow-lists, egress policy, backend selection, or audit controls that validate the HTTP/1 CONNECT request-target before forwarding over HTTP/3. The issue is fixed in 4.2.18.Final.

Risk score

8.7

CVSS 4.0

Vendor
netty
Product
netty
CWE
CWE-20
Published
Sep 26, 2026
Updated
Sep 28, 2026
CISA KEV
Not flagged

Affected products and versions

netty

netty

Version / rangeStatusType
4.2.2.Final to before 4.2.18.Finalaffectedcustom
4.2.18.Finalunaffectedcustom

Technical metrics

8.7

CVSS 4.0

Severity
high
Source
VulnCheck
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.5

CVSS 3.1

Severity
high
Source
VulnCheck
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N