CVE-2026-48480: Netty Ohttp Missing Final Chunk Check

The OHTTP chunked message parser does not track whether a final chunk was received before the outer HTTP body completes. An on-path adversary can forward a truncated chunked message that terminates at a non-final chunk boundary without producing a decryption error. Check if a final chunk was processed across the message stream, and throw an exception if the

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Description

The OHTTP chunked message parser does not track whether a final chunk was received before the outer HTTP body completes. An on-path adversary can forward a truncated chunked message that terminates at a non-final chunk boundary without producing a decryption error. Check if a final chunk was processed across the message stream, and throw an exception if the