`CVE-2026-56819` Netty

Affected software	Netty
Severity	7.5 High CVSS 3.1
Fixed in	`4.2.16.Final`, `4.1.136.Final`
Weakness	Uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Published	21 Jul 2026
Updated	30 Jul 2026

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, a remote unauthenticated peer can leak one direct ByteBuf per HTTP/2 DATA frame in applications that enable HTTP/2 content decompression via DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener. When a DATA frame is processed for a stream whose decompressor has already been closed, Http2Decompressor.decompress(...) calls decompressor.writeInbound(data.retain()) and does not release the retained buffer on the error path, eventually exhausting direct memory and crashing the JVM. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

CWE-401

Exploitation status

Proof of concept only

A proof of concept exists, but no reviewed exploit catalogue lists this CVE.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: poc CISA recorded that an exploit has been demonstrated. Automatable: yes, technical impact: partial.
Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
EPSS 0.66% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	CVE-2025-55163 / CVE-2026-56819: offline checker for the 7 netty-codec-http2 CVEs. Tells you which ones you are exposed to, and the one version that fixes all seven (4.1.136.Final / 4.2.16.Final) - written on none of the advisories. Does not scan pom.xml on purpose: WebFlux pulls it in transitively.		2026-09-05

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

GitHub PoC

CVE-2025-55163 / CVE-2026-56819: offline checker for the 7 netty-codec-http2 CVEs. Tells you which ones you are exposed to, and the one version that fixes all seven (4.1.136.Final / 4.2.16.Final) - written on none of the advisories. Does not scan pom.xml on purpose: WebFlux pulls it in transitively.

2026-09-05

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: netty/netty 5b68c61.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.
Candidate fix	https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b : a commit: the change itself

Decided by

Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Finding

This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Candidate fix

https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b : a commit: the change itself

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 ↗	CPU	2026-Q4	Oracle Communications / Core (Netty) (6.1.1-7.0.0) Oracle Communications / Signaling (Netty) (25.2.200, 26.1.200) Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Netty) (22.0.3, 23.0.3, 24.0.2)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2026 ↗

CPU

2026-Q4

Oracle Communications / Core (Netty) (6.1.1-7.0.0)
Oracle Communications / Signaling (Netty) (25.2.200, 26.1.200)
Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Netty) (22.0.3, 23.0.3, 24.0.2)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications	Core (Netty)	6.1.1-7.0.0
Oracle Communications	Signaling (Netty)	25.2.200, 26.1.200	25.2.200 · 26.1.200
Oracle Retail Applications	Xenvironment (Netty)	22.0.3, 23.0.3, 24.0.2	22.0.3 · 23.0.3 · 24.0.2

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Communications

Core (Netty)

6.1.1-7.0.0

Oracle Communications

Signaling (Netty)

25.2.200, 26.1.200

25.2.200 · 26.1.200

Oracle Retail Applications

Xenvironment (Netty)

22.0.3, 23.0.3, 24.0.2

22.0.3 · 23.0.3 · 24.0.2

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

io.netty:netty-codec-http2 4.2.0 4.2.16.Final unbounded

io.netty:netty-codec-http2 4.1.0.Final 4.1.136.Final unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`io.netty:netty-codec-http2`	4.2.0	`4.2.16.Final`	unbounded
`io.netty:netty-codec-http2`	4.1.0.Final	`4.1.136.Final`	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
osv	io.netty	netty-codec-http2	generic	≥ 4.1.0 and ＜ 4.1.136 · ≥ 4.2.0 and ＜ 4.2.16
nvd	netty	netty	generic	≥ 4.1.0 and ＜ 4.1.136 · ≥ 4.2.0 and ＜ 4.2.16

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

osv

io.netty

netty-codec-http2

generic

≥ 4.1.0 and ＜ 4.1.136 · ≥ 4.2.0 and ＜ 4.2.16

nvd

netty

generic

≥ 4.1.0 and ＜ 4.1.136 · ≥ 4.2.0 and ＜ 4.2.16

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b	commit
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-93wv-jw9v-4972	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

URL

Timeline

Published	2026-07-21	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-07-30	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2026-07-21

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-07-30

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven matched In scope Maven packages: io.netty:netty-codec-http2

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (commit tier): https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b

18 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match no match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold no match Severity is HIGH — only MEDIUM/LOW are deprioritized

24 no-exploit-published decided it matched No exploit published No exploit code has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

netty netty tracked cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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