CVE-2026-42587

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Jul 2026, 12:18

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42644 -

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390 -

09 Jul 2026, 13:17

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820 -

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608 -

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23808 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24502 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25123 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42587 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477220 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42587.json -
CWE CWE-770

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References () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-f6hv-jmp6-3vwv - () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-f6hv-jmp6-3vwv - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
First Time Netty netty
Netty
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-13 19:17

Updated : 2026-07-22 12:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-42587

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42587

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42587


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Products Affected

netty

  • netty
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling