Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.sctp.SctpMessageCompletionHandler limits incomplete messages and fragment counts but not maxBufferedBytes, allowing unauthenticated peers to exhaust memory with large SCTP fragments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
Published: 2026-08-17
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f Netty: Memory Exhaustion in SctpMessageCompletionHandler
History

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.sctp.SctpMessageCompletionHandler limits incomplete messages and fragment counts but not maxBufferedBytes, allowing unauthenticated peers to exhaust memory with large SCTP fragments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
Title Netty: Memory Exhaustion in SctpMessageCompletionHandler
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T17:48:55.663Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T16:40:07.984Z

Link: CVE-2026-59902

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T18:17:36.087

Modified: 2026-08-17T18:17:36.087

Link: CVE-2026-59902

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