Resource exhaustion in Netty - CVE-2026-44250

 

Resource exhaustion in Netty - CVE-2026-44250

Published: June 8, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU133460
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-44250
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Netty project
Affected software:
Netty

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in RedisArrayAggregator when processing deeply nested Redis array headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted Redis payload to cause a denial of service.

The issue can lead to memory exhaustion and an OutOfMemoryError in applications that handle untrusted Redis traffic.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-44250

Install security update from vendor's website.

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