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netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's HPKEContext operations may produce empty byte[] on failures
GHSA-f659-372h-6x3x · CVE-2026-41207
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Description
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.
References
- WEB https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-f659-372h-6x3x
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41207
- WEB https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/commit/3d3b4e527fc82ad0fe3db1af951ffd0ec9a10680
- PACKAGE https://github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp
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