GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-jppx-w49h-x2qq Netty: [SpdyHttpDecoder] ByteBuf Reference Leak on RST_STREAM Leads to Native Memory Exhaustion
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-56745
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- io.netty:netty-codec-http
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-22
Affected packages
• Maven io.netty:netty-codec-http: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final → fixed in 4.2.16.Final
• Maven io.netty:netty-codec-http: >= 4.1.0.Final, < 4.1.136.Final → fixed in 4.1.136.Final
Description
The `SpdyHttpDecoder` handler in Netty's SPDY-to-HTTP codec allocates a pooled `ByteBuf` when processing a client-initiated `SYN_STREAM` frame with `FLAG_FIN=0`, storing the partially-constructed `FullHttpRequest` in an internal map (`messageMap`) to accumulate subsequent `DATA` frames. When the remote peer sends an `RST_STREAM` for that stream, or when the accumulated content exceeds `maxContentLength`, the decoder removes the entry from the map but never releases the pooled ByteBuf, permanently leaking the allocated memory.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-56745 Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-jppx-w49h-x2qq web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56745 advisory
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b web
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6 web
- https://github.com/netty/netty package
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final web
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final web