CVE-2026-116541

netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final Denial of Service via BIO Write Overcount

Published Oct 26, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains a denial of service vulnerability in the tcn_write_to_bytebuffer BIO write callback that overreports bytes consumed. Remote TLS 1.3 peers can provoke queued post-handshake records like NewSessionTicket or KeyUpdate to truncate flights, fail connections, or abort the JVM process.

Remediation

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Netty
Netty netty-tcnative
Netty netty-tcnative-boringssl-static
Vendors & Products Netty
Netty netty-tcnative
Netty netty-tcnative-boringssl-static
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains a denial of service vulnerability in the tcn_write_to_bytebuffer BIO write callback that overreports bytes consumed. Remote TLS 1.3 peers can provoke queued post-handshake records like NewSessionTicket or KeyUpdate to truncate flights, fail connections, or abort the JVM process.
Title netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final Denial of Service via BIO Write Overcount
Weaknesses CWE-682
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 26, 2026, 7:48 PM
Reserved
Oct 26, 2026, 2:30 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 26, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 8:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 26, 2026, 2:59 PM