Incorrect Comparison in Netty - CVE-2026-44249

 

Incorrect Comparison in Netty - CVE-2026-44249

Published: June 8, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU133457
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-44249
CWE-ID: CWE-697
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass IPv6 subnet access controls.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect comparison in IpSubnetFilterRule.compareTo() when evaluating IPv6 subnet rules. A remote attacker can use a valid public IP address to bypass IPv6 subnet access controls.

The issue is caused by applying a bitwise AND operation to the configured networkAddress instead of the subnetMask.


Affected software

Netty
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Package Hub 15
Development Tools Module
Netezza Appliance
webMethods ControlPlane
webMethods developer portal
IBM SPSS Analytic Server
Jira Service Management Data Center
Crowd Data Center
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component
Jira Software Data Center
Bamboo Data Center
IBM App Connect for Manufacturing
netty-tcnative
netty-tcnative-debugsource
netty
netty-javadoc
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot
JBoss Data Grid

How to mitigate CVE-2026-44249

Install security update from vendor's website.

Netty - addressed in versions 4.1.135, 4.2.15
Netezza Appliance - update to 1.0.2.0
Jira Service Management Data Center - addressed in versions 10.3.24, 11.3.8
Crowd Data Center - update to 7.2.2
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services - addressed in versions 6.3.0.20, 6.4.0.9
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component - addressed in versions 9.0.28, 9.1.20, 9.2.1
Jira Software Data Center - addressed in versions 9.12.38, 10.3.24, 11.3.8
Bamboo Data Center - addressed in versions 10.2.21, 12.1.9
webMethods ControlPlane - update to 11.1 Fix11
webMethods developer portal - update to 11.1 Fix14
netty-tcnative - update to 2.0.79-150200.3.45.1
netty-tcnative-debugsource - update to 2.0.79-150200.3.45.1
netty - update to 4.1.135-150200.4.50.1
netty-javadoc - update to 4.1.135-150200.4.50.1
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot - update to 4.18
JBoss Data Grid - update to 8.6.2

External References

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