Possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation
Impact
If a Content-Length header is present in the original HTTP/2 request, the field is not validated by Http2MultiplexHandler as it is propagated up. This is fine as long as the request is not proxied through as HTTP/1.1.
If the request comes in as an HTTP/2 stream, gets converted into the HTTP/1.1 domain objects (HttpRequest, HttpContent, etc.) via Http2StreamFrameToHttpObjectCodec and then sent up to the child channel's pipeline and proxied through a remote peer as HTTP/1.1 this may result in request smuggling.
In a proxy case, users may assume the content-length is validated somehow, which is not the case. If the request is forwarded to a backend channel that is a HTTP/1.1 connection, the Content-Length now has meaning and needs to be checked.
An attacker can smuggle requests inside the body as it gets downgraded from HTTP/2 to HTTP/1.1. A sample attack request looks like:
POST / HTTP/2
:authority:: externaldomain.com
Content-Length: 4
asdfGET /evilRedirect HTTP/1.1
Host: internaldomain.comUsers are only affected if all of this is true:
HTTP2MultiplexCodecorHttp2FrameCodecis usedHttp2StreamFrameToHttpObjectCodecis used to convert to HTTP/1.1 objects- These HTTP/1.1 objects are forwarded to another remote peer.
Patches
This has been patched in 4.1.60.Final
Workarounds
The user can do the validation by themselves by implementing a custom ChannelInboundHandler that is put in the ChannelPipeline behind Http2StreamFrameToHttpObjectCodec.
References
Related change to workaround the problem: https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/pull/980
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | io.netty:netty | todas las versiones | sin corrección |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | io.netty:netty-codec-http2 | >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.60.Final | 4.1.60.Final |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.jboss.netty:netty | todas las versiones | sin corrección |
Referencias
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-wm47-8v5p-wjpj
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21295
- https://github.com/Netflix/zuul/pull/980
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/89c241e3b1795ff257af4ad6eadc616cb2fb3dc4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc73b8dd01b1be276d06bdf07883ecd93fe1a01f139a99ef30ba4308c@%3Ccommits.servicecomb.apache.org%3E
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- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-444- Plataforma
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Paquete
io.netty:netty, io.netty:netty-codec-http2, org.jboss.netty:netty- Publicada
- 09.03.2021
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 13:19
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wm47-8v5p-wjpj - CC BY 4.0
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