GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-5xrh-qmmq-w6ch Netty: SCTP reassembly nests buffers without bound
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-46340
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- io.netty:netty-transport-sctp
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-08
Affected packages
• Maven io.netty:netty-transport-sctp: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final → fixed in 4.2.15.Final
• Maven io.netty:netty-transport-sctp: < 4.1.135.Final → fixed in 4.1.135.Final
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-46340 Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-5xrh-qmmq-w6ch web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46340 advisory
- https://github.com/netty/netty package
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final web
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final web