CVE-2026-93491

EUVD-2026-82902
A flaw was found in Netty's HttpServerCodec. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by pipelining HTTP/1.1 requests on a single connection and withholding reads. This action causes the methodOverflowQueue to grow without limit, leading to unbounded heap memory consumption and a denial of service due to memory exhaustion.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 54.4%
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
netty
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
forky
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
netty
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
stonking
needs-triage
trusty
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
Common Weakness Enumeration
Vulnerability Media Exposure
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69440
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69470
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70257
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83612
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93491
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536891
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.138.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.18.Final