CVE-2026-59903: Netty: Cache Poisoning and Information Disclosure via CORS Vary Header Overwrite
Affected: netty · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 25% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- netty · netty< 4.1.137.Final; >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.17.Final
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- netty
- Published
- August 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-524cwe.mitre.org
- github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-8c42-7qj2-3j46github.com
- github.com/netty/netty/pull/17213github.com
- github.com/netty/netty/pull/17217github.com
- github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.137.Finalgithub.com
- github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.17.Finalgithub.com