CVE-2026-55831 (GCVE-0-2026-55831)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-20 23:00 – Updated: 2026-07-23 14:33
VLAI
Title
Netty SPDY SETTINGS frame count materializes unbounded settings map
Summary
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, Netty's SPDY SETTINGS decoder accepts a peer-declared SETTINGS entry count up to the 24-bit frame-length limit and materializes every unique setting ID in `DefaultSpdySettingsFrame`, allowing a remote SPDY/3.1 peer to send a syntactically valid roughly 2 MiB SETTINGS frame that creates 262144 map entries and amplifies network input into heap growth and ordered-map insertion work. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-23 14:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
netty netty Affected: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final
Affected: >= 4.1.0.Final, < 4.1.136.Final
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