Improper access control in Netty - CVE-2026-56746

 

Improper access control in Netty - CVE-2026-56746

Published: July 21, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU138901
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-56746
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to a logical operator error in the origin evaluation process. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to bypass the short-circuit mechanism.


Affected software

Netty
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Development Tools Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
netty-tcnative-debugsource
netty-tcnative
netty
netty-javadoc

How to mitigate CVE-2026-56746

Install updates from vendor's website.

Netty - addressed in versions 4.1.136, 4.2.16
netty-tcnative-debugsource - update to 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1
netty-tcnative - update to 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1
netty - update to 4.1.136-150200.4.53.1
netty-javadoc - update to 4.1.136-150200.4.53.1

External References

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