CVE-2026-56819

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
21/07/2026
Last modified:
30/07/2026

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, a remote unauthenticated peer can leak one direct `ByteBuf` per HTTP/2 `DATA` frame in applications that enable HTTP/2 content decompression via `DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener`. When a `DATA` frame is processed for a stream whose decompressor has already been closed, `Http2Decompressor.decompress(...)` calls `decompressor.writeInbound(data.retain())` and does not release the retained buffer on the error path, eventually exhausting direct memory and crashing the JVM. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.1.0 (including) 4.1.136 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2.0 (including) 4.2.16 (excluding)