JLine is a Java library for handling console input. Prior to 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1, the JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module does not apply an upper bound to terminal dimensions received via the Telnet NAWS option, and TelnetIO.handleNAWS() in TelnetIO.java:856-879 reads client-supplied width and height as 16-bit unsigned integers and passes values such as 65535x65535 to setTerminalGeometry(), allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to repeatedly alternate values and trigger continuous expensive rendering work that causes CPU exhaustion and denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1.
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Configurations
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History
20 Jul 2026, 16:17
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17 Jul 2026, 22:17
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Information
Published : 2026-07-17 22:17
Updated : 2026-07-23 17:57
NVD link : CVE-2026-56741
Mitre link : CVE-2026-56741
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-56741
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
