7.5

CVE-2026-42587

Netty: HttpContentDecompressor maxAllocation bypass via Content-Encoding: br/zstd/snappy enables decompression bomb DoS

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, HttpContentDecompressor accepts a maxAllocation parameter to limit decompression buffer size and prevent decompression bomb attacks. This limit is correctly enforced for gzip and deflate encodings via ZlibDecoder, but is silently ignored when the content encoding is br (Brotli), zstd, or snappy. An attacker can bypass the configured decompression limit by sending a compressed payload with Content-Encoding: br instead of Content-Encoding: gzip, causing unbounded memory allocation and out-of-memory denial of service. The same vulnerability exists in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener for HTTP/2 connections. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
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Herstellernetty
Produkt netty
Version >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final
Status affected
Version < 4.1.133.Final
Status affected
Herstellerio.netty
Produkt netty-codec-http
Version >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final
Status affected
Version < 4.1.133.Final
Status affected
Herstellerio.netty
Produkt netty-codec-http2
Version >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final
Status affected
Version < 4.1.133.Final
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.121
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
security-advisories@github.com 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.