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.
CVE-2026-48043
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 56% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 45.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 11, 2026
Last Modified
July 21, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026[codec-http2] ByteBuf Reference-Count Leak in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener Leads to Memory Exhaustion · Advisory · netty/netty · GitHub
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257jnetty-4.2.15.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.2.15.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Finalnetty-4.1.135.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.135.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.FinalVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48043(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:41951Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Data Grid 8.6.2 security update
- RHSA-2026:37390Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18.1.P1 for Spring Boot release.
- RHSA-2026:36820Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.29.0 Release.
- RHSA-2026:34608Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.4 release and security update
- RHSA-2026:26586Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 security update
- RHSA-2026:26018Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.4.SP1 security update
- RHSA-2026:26017Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1 security update
- GHSA-c2gf-v879-257jGitHub Security AdvisoriesMedium
netty-codec-http2: ByteBuf Reference-Count Leak in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener Leads to Memory Exhaustion
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | netty-codec-http2 | 2026-07-09 | redhat |
| redhat | devspaces/server-rhel9:1783033397 | 2026-07-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.netty:netty-codec-http2 | 4.2.0.Alpha1 ... 4.2.9.Final (25 versions) | 4.2.15.Final | — |
Weakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 83× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-16 23:29 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-07-16 04:27 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.20
- 2026-07-16 04:27 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 02:26 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 01:43 UTCEG score recompute▼ 2.20
- 2026-07-15 01:43 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-15 01:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-07-14 12:43 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 05:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-10 17:48 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.20
- 2026-07-10 17:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-10 12:27 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-07-10 12:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 13:52 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-07-09 09:17 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-07-06 13:07 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.3 · severity → MEDIUM
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