7.5highHigh
CVE-2026-59902
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.sctp.SctpMessageCompletionHandler limits incomplete messages and fragment counts but not maxBufferedBytes, allowing unauthenticated peers to exhaust memory with large SCTP fragments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
What the metrics mean
- It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, no account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- Last modified
- 2026-09-10
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/1b5abc6443b63726c72cdd285af2feb7ddbb8ff7
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17213
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17217
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.137.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.17.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f