USN-4532-1: Netty vulnerabilities It was discovered that Netty incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers. By sending an HTTP header with whitespace before the colon, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack. (CVE-2019-16869) It was discovered that Netty incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers. By sending an HTTP header that lacks a colon, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack. (CVE-2019-20444) It was discovered that Netty incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers. By sending a Content-Length header accompanied by a second Content-Length header, or by a Transfer-Encoding header, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack. (CVE-2019-20445) Source: USN-4532-1: Netty vulnerabilities