Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Lz4FrameDecoder allocates a ByteBuf of size decompressedLength (up to 32 MB per block) before LZ4 runs. A peer only needs a 21-byte header plus compressedLength payload bytes - 22 bytes if compressedLength == 1 - to force that allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Published: 2026-05-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mj4r-2hfc-f8p6 Netty Lz4FrameDecoder is vulnerable to resource exhaustion
History

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Io.netty
Io.netty netty-codec
Io.netty netty-codec-compression
Netty
Netty netty
Vendors & Products Io.netty
Io.netty netty-codec
Io.netty netty-codec-compression
Netty
Netty netty

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Description Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Lz4FrameDecoder allocates a ByteBuf of size decompressedLength (up to 32 MB per block) before LZ4 runs. A peer only needs a 21-byte header plus compressedLength payload bytes - 22 bytes if compressedLength == 1 - to force that allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Title Netty: Lz4FrameDecoder resource exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Io.netty Netty-codec Netty-codec-compression
Netty Netty
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T15:41:07.253Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T17:26:12.086Z

Link: CVE-2026-42583

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Updated: 2026-05-14T15:40:59.151Z

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.903

Modified: 2026-05-14T16:26:50.047

Link: CVE-2026-42583

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Updated: 2026-05-14T14:34:06Z

Weaknesses