CVE-2026-41207
mediumpriority · track · 21OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. Prior to version 0.0.21.Final, HKDF_expand returns non-NULL on failure. The byte[] is filled with zeros and has no way to distinguish success from failure. Since this output is used as HKDF key material for the response AEAD, a failure silently produces an all-zero key. When EVP_HPKE_CTX_export fails it also returns an empty byte[] array filled with zeros. This byte[] feeds directly into OHttpCrypto.createResponseAEAD(...). A silent all-zero export secret would produce a deterministic, attacker-predictable AEAD key. Version 0.0.21.Final patches the issue.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.7–6.9
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affected products (6)
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- netty netty-incubator-codec-ohttp< 0.0.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netty:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Maven io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp< 0.0.21.FinalosvUSpkg:maven/io.netty.incubator/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-f659-372h-6x3xnetty-incubator-codec-ohttp's HPKEContext operations may produce empty byte[] on failures2026-05-26ghsa · osvUS
HKDF_expand: returns non-NULL on failure. The byte[] is filled with zeros and has no way to distinguish success from failure. Since this output is used as HKDF key material for the response AEAD, a failure silently produces an all-zero key. When EVP_HPKE_CTX_export fails it also returns an empty byte[] array filled with zeros. This byte[] feeds directly into OHttpCrypto.createResponseAEAD(...). A silent all-zero export secret would produce a deterministic, attacker-predictable AEAD key.
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ocnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttpPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/commit/3d3b4e527fc82ad0fe3db1af951ffd0ec9a10680enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-f659-372h-6x3xenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/commit/3d3b4e527fc82ad0fe3db1af951ffd0ec9a10680Patchnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-f659-372h-6x3xVendor Advisorynvd
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