FKIE_CVE-2026-55831

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-21 00:17 - Updated: 2026-07-21 20:25
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, Netty's SPDY SETTINGS decoder accepts a peer-declared SETTINGS entry count up to the 24-bit frame-length limit and materializes every unique setting ID in `DefaultSpdySettingsFrame`, allowing a remote SPDY/3.1 peer to send a syntactically valid roughly 2 MiB SETTINGS frame that creates 262144 map entries and amplifies network input into heap growth and ordered-map insertion work. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6jqx-86gh-f27w
Impacted products
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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "netty",
          "vendor": "netty",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003e= 4.2.0.Final, \u003c 4.2.16.Final"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003e= 4.1.0.Final, \u003c 4.1.136.Final"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, Netty\u0027s SPDY SETTINGS decoder accepts a peer-declared SETTINGS entry count up to the 24-bit frame-length limit and materializes every unique setting ID in `DefaultSpdySettingsFrame`, allowing a remote SPDY/3.1 peer to send a syntactically valid roughly 2 MiB SETTINGS frame that creates 262144 map entries and amplifies network input into heap growth and ordered-map insertion work. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-55831",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-21T20:25:45.920",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "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"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 3.6,
        "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-07-21T00:17:35.383",
  "references": [
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      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b"
    },
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    },
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      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6jqx-86gh-f27w"
    }
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  "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "weaknesses": [
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      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-400"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-770"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}



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