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CVE-2026-59898HIGHCVSS 7.5

Netty: WebSockets V07/V08 handshaker missing Connection/Upgrade validation

Published Jul 22, 2026·Updated Aug 6, 2026

NVD Description

## Summary An 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.

Affected Packages (1)

io.netty:netty-codec-httpMAVEN
From 4.2.0.Final
Fixed in = 4.2.15.Final

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