CVE-2026-62380

Netty before 4.2.16.Final SOCKS Proxy Null Byte Injection

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetty

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versionsv < 4.1.1374.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.174.2.0.Final
Affected range stops below 4.1.137, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.1.137.Final (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.2.16.Final (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 4.2.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-626

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