CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-44892

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-06-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-06-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1188, CWE-400

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• netty netty (>= 4.2.0 < 4.2.15)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References