CVE-2026-42583

Netty: Lz4FrameDecoder resource exhaustion

Published May 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mj4r-2hfc-f8p6 Netty Lz4FrameDecoder is vulnerable to resource exhaustion
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 14, 2026, 3:41 PM
Reserved
Apr 28, 2026, 5:26 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 13, 2026, 7:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 5:10 PM