CVE-2026-44892 PUBLISHED

Netty has a Vulnerable Default Configuration Which Leads to Denial of Service via Unbounded HTTP/3 Header Size

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.05.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor netty
Product netty
Versions
  • Version >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE
  • CWE-1188: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource CWE