GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-47244
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-08T23:02:40Z
Modified
2026-06-12T19:45:11.465768339Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Netty HTTP/2: Advertised MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS are not enforced
Details

Impact

DefaultHttp2Connection.DefaultEndpoint initialises maxActiveStreams/maxStreams to Integer.MAXVALUE, and Http2Settings never inserts SETTINGSMAXCONCURRENTSTREAMS by default (Http2Settings.java:305-307 only clamps a user-supplied value). Unless the application explicitly calls initialSettings().maxConcurrentStreams(n), a Netty HTTP/2 server advertises no limit and enforces none locally. Each open stream allocates a DefaultStream object, PropertyMap slots, flow-controller state and IntObjectHashMap entry; with ~2^30 permissible odd stream IDs a single TCP connection can create hundreds of thousands of long-lived stream objects. This is also the precondition for CVE-2023-44487-style Rapid-Reset amplification, where the absence of a low concurrent cap multiplies backend work.

Resources

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7540.html#section-6.5.2

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-08T23:02:40Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-12T15:16:29Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-400"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / io.netty:netty-codec-http2

Package

Name
io.netty:netty-codec-http2
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/io.netty/netty-codec-http2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.2.0.Final
Fixed
4.2.15.Final

Affected versions

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

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q.json"
last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 4.2.14.Final"

Maven / io.netty:netty-codec-http2

Package

Name
io.netty:netty-codec-http2
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/io.netty/netty-codec-http2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1.135.Final

Affected versions

4.*
4.1.0.Beta4
4.1.0.Beta5
4.1.0.Beta6
4.1.0.Beta7
4.1.0.Beta8
4.1.0.CR1
4.1.0.CR2
4.1.0.CR3
4.1.0.CR4
4.1.0.CR5
4.1.0.CR6
4.1.0.CR7
4.1.0.Final
4.1.1.Final
4.1.2.Final
4.1.3.Final
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4.1.133.Final
4.1.134.Final

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q/GHSA-5x3r-wrvg-rp6q.json"
last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 4.1.134.Final"