CVE-2026-41207CWE-330

netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's HPKEContext operations may produce empty byte[] on failures

Medium · published June 4, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00322 · 24.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-330 · Use of Insufficiently Random Values
Published
2026-06-04T17:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUN 17:22Z
    netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's HPKEContext operations may produce empty byte[] on failures
    cvelistv5