CVE-2026-44891

HIGH

Netty: Denial of Service via Unbounded Headers in StompSubframeDecoder

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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