CVE-2026-42587
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
netty
- Vendor
- netty
- Product
- netty
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| < 4.1.133.Final | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
netty-codec-http
- Vendor
- io.netty
- Product
- netty-codec-http
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| < 4.1.133.Final | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
netty-codec-http2
- Vendor
- io.netty
- Product
- netty-codec-http2
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| < 4.1.133.Final | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |