Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, a remote unauthenticated peer can leak one direct ByteBuf per HTTP/2 DATA frame in applications that enable HTTP/2 content decompression via DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener. When a DATA frame is processed for a stream whose decompressor has already been closed, Http2Decompressor.decompress(...) calls decompressor.writeInbound(data.retain()) and does not release the retained buffer on the error path, eventually exhausting direct memory and crashing the JVM. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
CVE-2026-56819
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 73% 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
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 65(Attend)EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 27%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 21, 2026
Last Modified
July 23, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026HTTP/2 decompression leaks ByteBuf reference count when the decompressor channel is already closed (Direct memory leak / OOM DoS) · Advisory · netty/netty · GitHub
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-93wv-jw9v-4972netty-4.2.16.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.2.16.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Finalnetty-4.1.136.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.136.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Finalcommit bb2ff68a1fb7 (netty/netty)
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.136.Final (contains commit bb2ff68a1fb7)
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 18× 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.
- 2026-07-27 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 15:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 03:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 22:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-22 01:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-21 22:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-21 22:23 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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