CVE-2026-44892

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44892
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44892.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-44892
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-12T05:04:58.033Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:49:13.132468622Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Netty has a Vulnerable Default Configuration Which Leads to Denial of Service via Unbounded HTTP/3 Header Size
Details

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to version 4.2.15.Final, the default configuration of the Http3ConnectionHandler in the Netty HTTP/3 codec lacks an enforced maximum header size limit. When a peer does not explicitly specify HTTP3_SETTINGS_MAX_FIELD_SECTION_SIZE, the implementation defaults to an unbounded limit. This insecure default configuration allows a malicious client or server to send an enormous number of headers, leading to a memory exhaustion Denial of Service via an OutOfMemoryError. Version 4.2.15.Final contains a patch.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1188",
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44892.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/netty/netty

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/netty/netty
Events
Introduced
09e64d259c99be8b5b2a471a78f11e65eb82598a
Fixed
a41f7b289ce1d697c50846f3ade3983e22b2ed40
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.2.0.Final"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.2.15.Final"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "4.2.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.2.15"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

netty-4.*
netty-4.2.0.Final
netty-4.2.1.Final
netty-4.2.10.Final
netty-4.2.11.Final
netty-4.2.12.Final
netty-4.2.13.Final
netty-4.2.14.Final
netty-4.2.2.Final
netty-4.2.3.Final
netty-4.2.4.Final
netty-4.2.5.Final
netty-4.2.6.Final
netty-4.2.7.Final
netty-4.2.8.Final
netty-4.2.9.Final

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44892.json"