GHSA-jppx-w49h-x2qqHigh
Netty: [SpdyHttpDecoder] ByteBuf Reference Leak on RST_STREAM Leads to Native Memory Exhaustion
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The SpdyHttpDecoder handler in Netty's SPDY-to-HTTP codec allocates a pooled ByteBuf when processing a client-initiated SYN_STREAM frame with FLAG_FIN=0, storing the partially-constructed FullHttpRequest in an internal map (messageMap) to accumulate subsequent DATA frames. When the remote peer sends an RST_STREAM for that stream, or when the accumulated content exceeds maxContentLength, the decoder removes the entry from the map but never releases the pooled ByteBuf, permanently leaking the allocated memory.
🎯 Affected products2
- maven/io.netty:netty-codec-http:>= 4.2.0.Final, <= 4.2.15.Final
- maven/io.netty:netty-codec-http:>= 4.1.0.Final, <= 4.1.135.Final
🔗 References (7)
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-jppx-w49h-x2qq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56745
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jppx-w49h-x2qq