A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in netty-incubator-codec-ohttp up to 0.0.12. Affected is the function readRequestHead of the component HTTP Protocol Handler. The manipulation leads to server-side request forgery.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-40642. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.