CVE-2026-46340

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions of netty-transport-sctp prior to 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, for each non-complete SctpMessage fragment the handler does `fragments.put(streamId, Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(frag, byteBuf))`, wrapping the previous accumulator and the new slice into a *new* CompositeByteBuf every time. After N fragments the accumulator is an N-deep chain of composites, each holding references and component arrays; readableBytes()/getBytes() on the final buffer recurse N levels. There is no limit on N, on total bytes, or on the number of streamIdentifiers an attacker can open (each gets its own map entry). A peer that never sets the `complete` flag can grow this structure indefinitely from tiny 1-byte DATA chunks. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
Configurations

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

History

05 Aug 2026, 13:23

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085 -

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

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46340 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488388 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46340.json -

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Netty
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final - () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final - () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-5xrh-qmmq-w6ch - () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-5xrh-qmmq-w6ch - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-12 15:16

Updated : 2026-08-05 13:23


NVD link : CVE-2026-46340

Mitre link : CVE-2026-46340

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46340


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Products Affected

netty

  • netty
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling