HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows an HTTP header that lacks a colon, which might be interpreted as a separate header with an incorrect syntax, or might be interpreted as an "invalid fold."
CVE-2019-20444
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2020-02-21. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2020-0302 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-cqqj-4p63-rrmm (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 9.1CRITICALmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 72EG Risk 72/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity91% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation40% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 8.9%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 8.9% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
January 29, 2020
Last Modified
October 8, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Aug 1, 2026Comparing netty-4.1.43.Final...netty-4.1.44.Final · netty/netty · GitHub
https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.43.Final...netty-4.1.44.FinalAffected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-20444(7)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:5856Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.7 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2020:3197Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.8.0 Security Update
- RHSA-2020:3196Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Decision Manager 7.8.0 Security Update
- RHSA-2020:3192Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0 release and security update
- RHSA-2020:2333Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: EAP Continuous Delivery Technical Preview Release 19 security update
- RHSA-2020:1445Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.4.3 release and security update
- RHSA-2020:0922Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.6 release and security update
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libnetty-3.9-java (3.9.0.Final-1ubuntu0.1) @ xenial | 2026-11-02 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libnetty-3.9-java (3.9.9.Final-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1) @ bionic | 2026-11-02 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libnetty-java (1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1) @ bionic | 2026-11-02 | ubuntu |
| redhat | eap7-netty-0:4.1.45-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | 2024-08-26 | redhat |
| redhat | netty | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-xml-security-0:2.1.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2020-03-12 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-xml-security-0:2.1.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 2020-03-12 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-xml-security-0:2.1.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2020-03-12 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2020-02-25 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-qpid_proton-0:0.30.0-1.el8 | 2020-02-25 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-netty-0:4.1.45-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2020-02-25 | redhat |
| maven | io.netty:netty | — | ghsa |
| maven | io.netty:netty-codec-http @ 4.1.44 (fixes < 4.1.44) | — | ghsa |
| maven | org.jboss.netty:netty | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(12 across 8 ecosystems)
Maven(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.netty:netty | 3.10.0.Final ... 4.0.0.Alpha8 (71 versions) |
| — |
| io.netty:netty-codec-http | 4.0.0.Alpha1 ... 4.1.9.Final (137 versions) |
| — |
| org.jboss.netty:netty | 3.0.0.CR1 ... 3.2.9.Final (39 versions) |
| — |
Debian:8(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:3.2.6.Final-2, 1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u1 |
| — |
| netty-3.9 | 3.9.0.Final-1 |
| — |
Debian:9(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:4.1.7-2, 1:4.1.7-2+deb9u1 |
| — |
| netty-3.9 | 3.9.9.Final-1 |
| — |
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:4.1.33-1, 1:4.1.33-1+deb10u1 |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(15)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0497IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0497 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0567IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0567 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0601IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0601 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0605IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0605 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0606IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0606 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0804IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0804 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0805IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0805 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0806IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0806 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0811IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0811 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0939IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0939 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0951IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:0951 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2321IMPORTANT2020-01-29
RHSA-2020:2321 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-4532-1MEDIUM
Netty vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4600-1MEDIUM
Netty vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4600-2MEDIUM
Netty vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 25× in last 7d / 81× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 99 of 228 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 129 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-02 10:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-02 10:56 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-02 10:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cqqj-4p63-rrmm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
- 2026-11-01 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.9% · 95th percentile
- 2026-11-01 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-01 12:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cqqj-4p63-rrmm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
- 2026-11-01 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cqqj-4p63-rrmm · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
- 2026-11-01 08:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.9% · 95th percentile
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- 2026-10-31 13:32 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-28 17:25 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-27 18:42 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-26 19:59 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.9% · 95th percentile
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- 2026-10-25 19:14 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-24 20:19 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-08 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-08 21:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.9% · 95th percentile
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