CVE-2026-46340

HIGH

Netty: SCTP reassembly nests buffers without bound

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions of netty-transport-sctp prior to 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, for each non-complete SctpMessage fragment the handler does `fragments.put(streamId, Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(frag, byteBuf))`, wrapping the previous accumulator and the new slice into a *new* CompositeByteBuf every time. After N fragments the accumulator is an N-deep chain of composites, each holding references and component arrays; readableBytes()/getBytes() on the final buffer recurse N levels. There is no limit on N, on total bytes, or on the number of streamIdentifiers an attacker can open (each gets its own map entry). A peer that never sets the `complete` flag can grow this structure indefinitely from tiny 1-byte DATA chunks. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 44.3%
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 none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (5)
io.netty/netty-transport-sctp 0 - 4.1.135.FinalMaven
io.netty/netty-transport-sctp 4.2.0.Final - 4.2.15.FinalMaven
netty/netty < 4.1.135
netty/netty < 4.1.135.Final
netty/netty >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final
Published Jun 12, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 12, 2026