CVE-2025-59419

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.128.Final and 4.2.7.Final, the SMTP codec in Netty contains an SMTP command injection vulnerability due to insufficient input validation for Carriage Return (\r) and Line Feed (\n) characters in user-supplied parameters. The vulnerability exists in io.netty.handler.codec.smtp.DefaultSmtpRequest, where parameters are directly concatenated into the SMTP command string without sanitization. When methods such as SmtpRequests.rcpt(recipient) are called with a malicious string containing CRLF sequences, attackers can inject arbitrary SMTP commands. Because the injected commands are sent from the server's trusted IP address, resulting emails will likely pass SPF and DKIM authentication checks, making them appear legitimate. This allows remote attackers who can control SMTP command parameters (such as email recipients) to forge arbitrary emails from the trusted server, potentially impersonating executives and forging high-stakes corporate communications. This issue has been patched in versions 4.1.129.Final and 4.2.8.Final. No known workarounds exist.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-93"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/netty/netty

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/netty/netty

Events

Introduced

Fixed

511cbacea64c3348078948e8cb424749afeaeefc

Database specific

{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.2.7.Final"
        }
    ]
}

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/netty/netty

Events

Introduced

5451fbb0effd8460f57013bb33aefeb953144ed9

Fixed

afae49cd621a22a22139af5c5ee384e8cfd4ae48

Database specific

{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.2.0.Alpha1"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.1.128.Final"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

netty-4.*

netty-4.0.0.Alpha1

netty-4.0.0.Alpha2

netty-4.0.0.Alpha3

netty-4.0.0.Alpha4

netty-4.0.0.Alpha5

netty-4.0.0.Alpha6

netty-4.0.0.Alpha7

netty-4.0.0.Alpha8

netty-4.0.0.Beta1

netty-4.0.0.Beta2

netty-4.0.0.Beta3

netty-4.0.0.CR1

netty-4.0.0.CR2

netty-4.0.0.CR3

netty-4.0.0.CR4

netty-4.0.0.CR5

netty-4.0.0.CR7

netty-4.0.0.CR8

netty-4.0.0.CR9

netty-4.0.0.Final

netty-4.0.1.Final

netty-4.0.10.Final

netty-4.0.11.Final

netty-4.0.12.Final

netty-4.0.13.Final

netty-4.0.14.Beta1

netty-4.0.14.Final

netty-4.0.15.Final

netty-4.0.2.Final

netty-4.0.3.Final

netty-4.0.4.Final

netty-4.0.5.Final

netty-4.0.6.Final

netty-4.0.7.Final

netty-4.0.8.Final

netty-4.1.0.Beta1

netty-4.1.0.Beta2

netty-4.1.0.Beta3

netty-4.1.0.Beta4

netty-4.1.0.Beta5

netty-4.1.0.Beta6

netty-4.1.0.Beta7

netty-4.1.0.Beta8

netty-4.1.0.CR1

netty-4.1.0.CR2

netty-4.1.0.CR3

netty-4.1.0.CR4

netty-4.1.0.CR5

netty-4.1.0.CR6

netty-4.1.0.CR7

netty-4.1.0.Final

netty-4.1.1.Final

netty-4.1.10.Final

netty-4.1.100.Final

netty-4.1.101.Final

netty-4.1.102.Final

netty-4.1.103.Final

netty-4.1.104.Final

netty-4.1.105.Final

netty-4.1.106.Final

netty-4.1.107.Final

netty-4.1.108.Final

netty-4.1.109.Final

netty-4.1.11.Final

netty-4.1.12.Final

netty-4.1.13.Final

netty-4.1.14.Final

netty-4.1.15.Final

netty-4.1.16.Final

netty-4.1.17.Final

netty-4.1.18.Final

netty-4.1.19.Final

netty-4.1.2.Final

netty-4.1.20.Final

netty-4.1.21.Final

netty-4.1.22.Final

netty-4.1.23.Final

netty-4.1.24.Final

netty-4.1.25.Final

netty-4.1.26.Final

netty-4.1.27.Final

netty-4.1.28.Final

netty-4.1.29.Final

netty-4.1.3.Final

netty-4.1.30.Final

netty-4.1.31.Final

netty-4.1.32.Final

netty-4.1.33.Final

netty-4.1.34.Final

netty-4.1.35.Final

netty-4.1.36.Final

netty-4.1.37.Final

netty-4.1.38.Final

netty-4.1.39.Final

netty-4.1.4.Final

netty-4.1.40.Final

netty-4.1.41.Final

netty-4.1.42.Final

netty-4.1.43.Final

netty-4.1.44.Final

netty-4.1.45.Final

netty-4.1.46.Final

netty-4.1.47.Final

netty-4.1.48.Final

netty-4.1.49.Final

netty-4.1.5.Final

netty-4.1.50.Final

netty-4.1.51.Final

netty-4.1.52.Final

netty-4.1.53.Final

netty-4.1.54.Final

netty-4.1.55.Final

netty-4.1.56.Final

netty-4.1.57.Final

netty-4.1.58.Final

netty-4.1.59.Final

netty-4.1.6.Final

netty-4.1.60.Final

netty-4.1.61.Final

netty-4.1.62.Final

netty-4.1.63.Final

netty-4.1.64.Final

netty-4.1.65.Final

netty-4.1.66.Final

netty-4.1.67.Final

netty-4.1.68.Final

netty-4.1.69.Final

netty-4.1.7.Final

netty-4.1.70.Final

netty-4.1.71.Final

netty-4.1.72.Final

netty-4.1.73.Final

netty-4.1.74.Final

netty-4.1.75.Final

netty-4.1.76.Final

netty-4.1.77.Final

netty-4.1.78.Final

netty-4.1.79.Final

netty-4.1.8.Final

netty-4.1.80.Final

netty-4.1.81.Final

netty-4.1.82.Final

netty-4.1.83.Final

netty-4.1.84.Final

netty-4.1.85.Final

netty-4.1.86.Final

netty-4.1.87.Final

netty-4.1.88.Final

netty-4.1.89.Final

netty-4.1.9.Final

netty-4.1.90.Final

netty-4.1.91.Final

netty-4.1.92.Final

netty-4.1.93.Final

netty-4.1.94.Final

netty-4.1.95.Final

netty-4.1.96.Final

netty-4.1.97.Final

netty-4.1.98.Final

netty-4.1.99.Final

netty-4.2.0.Alpha1

netty-4.2.0.Alpha2

netty-4.2.0.Alpha3

netty-4.2.0.Alpha4

netty-4.2.0.Alpha5

netty-4.2.0.Beta1

netty-4.2.0.Final

netty-4.2.0.RC1

netty-4.2.0.RC2

netty-4.2.0.RC3

netty-4.2.0.RC4

netty-4.2.1.Final

netty-4.2.2.Final

netty-4.2.3.Final

netty-4.2.4.Final

netty-4.2.5.Final

netty-4.2.6.Final