CVE-2026-48059

HIGH

Netty HAProxy: Unbalanced Reference Count in Nested PP2_TYPE_SSL TLV Parsing Leads to Memory Exhaustion

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, the HAProxy PROXY protocol v2 codec in netty leaks native or heap memory on every connection when a client sends a syntactically valid header containing nested `PP2_TYPE_SSL` TLVs (type-length-value records) at depth two or greater. The leak occurs on the successful parse path — no exception is thrown, the message fires downstream, the decoder removes itself, and the application releases the `HAProxyMessage` normally. Yet the underlying cumulation buffer (a pooled, potentially direct `ByteBuf` allocated by the channel) remains permanently pinned. 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-401
Status published
Products (5)
io.netty/netty-codec-haproxy 0 - 4.1.135.FinalMaven
io.netty/netty-codec-haproxy 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