GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-cmm3-54f8-px4j Netty's Default QUIC token handler accepts any client-supplied token
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-44894
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- io.netty:netty-codec-classes-quic
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-940
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-08
Affected packages
• Maven io.netty:netty-codec-classes-quic: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final → fixed in 4.2.15.Final
Description
NoQuicTokenHandler is the tokenHandler used when the application does not set one. Its writeToken() returns false (server will not send Retry — acceptable), but validateToken() unconditionally `return 0`. In QuicheQuicServerCodec.handlePacket(), a non-negative return from validateToken() is interpreted as 'token is valid, ODCID starts at offset 0', causing the server to call quiche_accept as if the client's address had been validated by a Retry round-trip. Per RFC 9000 §8.1, a validated address lifts the 3× anti-amplification send limit. Thus any attacker who includes ANY non-empty token bytes in an Initial packet — with a spoofed victim source IP — causes the Netty server to treat the victim as validated and reflect full-size handshake flights (certificates, etc.) toward it without the 3× cap. The correct 'no token handler' semantics would be to return -1 (invalid) so the normal un-validated path and amplification limit apply.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-44894 Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-940 Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel weakness