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CVE-2026-42587
Published:May 13, 2026
Updated:May 18, 2026
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, HttpContentDecompressor accepts a maxAllocation parameter to limit decompression buffer size and prevent decompression bomb attacks. This limit is correctly enforced for gzip and deflate encodings via ZlibDecoder, but is silently ignored when the content encoding is br (Brotli), zstd, or snappy. An attacker can bypass the configured decompression limit by sending a compressed payload with Content-Encoding: br instead of Content-Encoding: gzip, causing unbounded memory allocation and out-of-memory denial of service. The same vulnerability exists in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener for HTTP/2 connections. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/netty/netty.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=netty-3.2.4.Final <netty-4.1.133.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version netty-4.1.133.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=netty-4.2.0.Alpha1 <netty-4.2.13.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version netty-4.2.13.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.1.0.Beta4 <4.1.133.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.133.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-http (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0.Alpha1 <4.1.133.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.133.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.2.0.Alpha1 <4.2.13.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.2.13.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.1.0.Beta4 <4.1.133.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.133.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-http (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0.Alpha1 <4.1.133.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.133.Final
io.netty:netty-codec-http (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.2.0.Alpha1 <4.2.13.Final
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.2.13.Final
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04