GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-48043
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-11T13:28:46Z
Modified
2026-06-12T19:45:11.448753879Z
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-codec-http2: ByteBuf Reference-Count Leak in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener Leads to Memory Exhaustion
Details

Impact

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.

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-11T13:28:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-12T16:16:30Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-400",
        "CWE-401"
    ]
}
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
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
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4.1.0.CR3
4.1.0.CR4
4.1.0.CR5
4.1.0.CR6
4.1.0.CR7
4.1.0.Final
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4.1.134.Final

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j.json"
last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 4.1.134.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
4.2.0.Alpha1
Fixed
4.2.15.Final

Affected versions

4.*
4.2.0.Alpha1
4.2.0.Alpha2
4.2.0.Alpha3
4.2.0.Alpha4
4.2.0.Alpha5
4.2.0.Beta1
4.2.0.RC1
4.2.0.RC2
4.2.0.RC3
4.2.0.RC4
4.2.0.Final
4.2.1.Final
4.2.2.Final
4.2.3.Final
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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-c2gf-v879-257j/GHSA-c2gf-v879-257j.json"
last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 4.2.14.Final"