CVE-2026-48043

Medium

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In netty-codec-http2 prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, the `DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener` class orchestrates HTTP/2 decompression by embedding a per-stream `EmbeddedChannel` that runs the appropriate decompression codec (gzip, deflate, zstd) and forwards decompressed chunks to a wrapped listener. Each decompressed chunk is a pooled `ByteBuf` handed to an anonymous `ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter` tail handler, which becomes the sole owner responsible for releasing it. A remote peer could send frames that would result in the flow-controller throwing and so trigger a resource leak which at the end might take down the whole JVM due OOME. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductNetty
PublishedJun 12, 2026
First seenJun 12, 2026

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
netty nettyv < 4.1.135, 4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.154.1.135, 4.2.15
io.netty:netty-codec-http2Mavenv < 4.1.135.Final, 4.2.0.Alpha1 ≤ v < 4.2.15.Final4.1.135.Final, 4.2.15.Final

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