CVE-2019-10797 — org.wso2.transport.http.n…
MEDIUMCVE-2019-10797 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.netty. A fix is available for org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.netty — see the affected versions and patch details below.
HTTP Response Splitting in WSO2 transport-http
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2019-10797 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.nettyReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Netty in WSO2 transport-http before v6.3.1 is vulnerable to HTTP Response Splitting due to HTTP Header validation being disabled.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.netty | all versions | 6.3.1org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.netty:6.3.1 |
Affected Products
transport-httpwso2Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.netty, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.wso2.transport.http:org.wso2.transport.http.netty to 6.3.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-10797 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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