netty: HttpOnly cookie bypass
Published Oct 18, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.22%
Description
Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.Beta5 and Play Framework 2.x before 2.3.9 might allow remote attackers to bypass the httpOnly flag on cookies and obtain sensitive information by leveraging improper validation of cookie name and value characters.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 3.9.7
- 3.10.0
- 3.10.1
- 3.10.2
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
- 4.0.18
- 4.0.19
- 4.0.20
- 4.0.21
- 4.0.22
- 4.0.23
- 4.0.24
- 4.0.25
- 4.0.26
- 4.0.27
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.0
Configuration 2
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.6
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 2.3.8
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.6
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.3
No data.
Red Hat BPM Suite 6
netty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
netty
Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3
netty
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 5
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5
netty
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6
netty
Affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
netty
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | netty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | netty | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | netty | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 | netty | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | netty | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | netty | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.22% (0.05222) | 92.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 4.40% (0.04399) | 90.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.43% (0.05434) | 91.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 3.27% (0.03271) | 86.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 61.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 16, 2025 | 2.23% (0.02230) | 83.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.52% (0.03516) | 86.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.42% (0.07422) | 85.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 22, 2025 | 3.52% (0.03516) | 86.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.50% (0.06501) | 90.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00562) | 78.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00562) | 77.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00562) | 74.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00829) | 79.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00726) | 77.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00533) | 73.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (25)
- http://engineering.linkedin.com/security/look-netty%E2%80%99s-recent-security-update-cve%C2%AD-2015%C2%AD-2156
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159379.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159166.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://netty.io/news/2015/05/08/3-9-8-Final-and-3.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/17/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74704 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2156 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222923 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfv3-rrfm-f2rv Advisory
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/2caa38a2795fe1f1ae6ceda4d69e826ed7c55e55
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/31815598a2af37f0b71ea94eada70d6659c23752
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/3748/commits/4ac519f534493bb0ca7a77e1c779138a54faa7b9
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/3754 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a19bb1003b0d6cd22475ba83c019b4fc7facfef2a9e13f71132529d3%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a19bb1003b0d6cd22475ba83c019b4fc7facfef2a9e13f71132529d3@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dc1275aef115bda172851a231c76c0932d973f9ffd8bc375c4aba769%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dc1275aef115bda172851a231c76c0932d973f9ffd8bc375c4aba769@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2156
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-73571
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2156
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2156-HttpOnlyBypass x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
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