CVE-2026-44891
HIGHNetty: Denial of Service via Unbounded Headers in StompSubframeDecoder
Title source: cnaDescription
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.stomp.StompSubframeDecoder fails to limit the total number of headers or their cumulative size per frame, and the maxLineLength parameter only restricts individual header lines. An attacker can send a large number of short headers that are accumulated in memory inside DefaultStompHeadersSubframe until the JVM throws an OutOfMemoryError, causing denial of service for servers exposing a STOMP endpoint based on StompSubframeDecoder. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
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https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-vhch-2wf3-m8rp
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https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17063
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https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17065
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https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b
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https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6
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https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final
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https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
34.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (3)
netty/netty
< 4.1.136
netty/netty
< 4.1.136.Final
netty/netty
>= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 18, 2026