CVE-2026-55831 PUBLISHED

Netty SPDY SETTINGS frame count materializes unbounded settings map

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 17.06.2026 Published: 20.07.2026 Updated: 20.07.2026

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, Netty's SPDY SETTINGS decoder accepts a peer-declared SETTINGS entry count up to the 24-bit frame-length limit and materializes every unique setting ID in DefaultSpdySettingsFrame, allowing a remote SPDY/3.1 peer to send a syntactically valid roughly 2 MiB SETTINGS frame that creates 262144 map entries and amplifies network input into heap growth and ordered-map insertion work. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

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, < 4.2.16.Final is affected
  • Version >= 4.1.0.Final, < 4.1.136.Final is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE