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ubuntu-cve-2026-44892

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-06-12 05:16

Modified

2026-09-10 14:27

Summary

Details

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to version 4.2.15.Final, the default configuration of the Http3ConnectionHandler in the Netty HTTP/3 codec lacks an enforced maximum header size limit. When a peer does not explicitly specify HTTP3_SETTINGS_MAX_FIELD_SECTION_SIZE, the implementation defaults to an unbounded limit. This insecure default configuration allows a malicious client or server to send an enormous number of headers, leading to a memory exhaustion Denial of Service via an OutOfMemoryError. Version 4.2.15.Final contains a patch.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44892	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44892	REPORT
	https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisorie…	REPORT
	https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty…	REPORT

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CVE-2026-44892 (GCVE-0-2026-44892)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-12 05:04 – Updated: 2026-06-12 09:59

Title

Netty has a Vulnerable Default Configuration Which Leads to Denial of Service via Unbounded HTTP/3 Header Size

Summary

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to version 4.2.15.Final, the default configuration of the `Http3ConnectionHandler` in the Netty HTTP/3 codec lacks an enforced maximum header size limit. When a peer does not explicitly specify `HTTP3_SETTINGS_MAX_FIELD_SECTION_SIZE`, the implementation defaults to an unbounded limit. This insecure default configuration allows a malicious client or server to send an enormous number of headers, leading to a memory exhaustion Denial of Service via an `OutOfMemoryError`. Version 4.2.15.Final contains a patch.

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: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-12 09:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-1188 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
netty	netty	Affected: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final

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