GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm Netty's Lack of Lifecycle Cleanup Leads to Pooled ByteBuf Leak in RedisArrayAggregator
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-48006
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- io.netty:netty-codec-redis
- 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-401, CWE-772
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-11
Affected packages
• Maven io.netty:netty-codec-redis: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final → fixed in 4.2.15.Final
• Maven io.netty:netty-codec-redis: < 4.1.135.Final → fixed in 4.1.135.Final
Description
Impact
The RedisArrayAggregator handler permanently leaks pooled direct-memory buffers when a Redis pipeline connection closes before a RESP array aggregate completes. The handler retains child messages in per-handler state (`depths` field) but defines no `channelInactive`, `handlerRemoved`, or `exceptionCaught` method to release them when the pipeline tears down. Because the leaked buffers are slices of `PooledByteBufAllocator` chunks, they prevent those chunks from being returned to the JVM-wide direct-memory pool. Repeated connection churn by any network peer monotonically drains this shared pool, eventually causing allocation failures on all Netty channels in the process.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-48006 Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48006 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53806 web
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48006 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488433 web
- 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
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48006.json web