CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-44891
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.stomp.StompSubframeDecoder fails to limit the total number of headers or their cumulative size per frame, and the maxLineLength parameter only restricts individual header lines. An attacker can send a large number of short headers that are accumulated in memory inside DefaultStompHeadersSubframe until the JVM throws an OutOfMemoryError, causing
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"netty","vendor":"netty","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 4.1.136.Final"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Source references
8 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b"}
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{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17063","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17063"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17065","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17065"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-vhch-2wf3-m8rp"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-vhch-2wf3-m8rp","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-vhch-2wf3-m8rp"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9e9c20823d48af2aa98e49cd8262fbc60110e26203c2137d35052c7e28f9bedf · sha256:a70a872becece746… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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