CVE-2026-59902 (GCVE-0-2026-59902)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 17:48 – Updated: 2026-08-18 14:50
VLAI
Title
Netty: Memory Exhaustion in SctpMessageCompletionHandler
Summary
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.sctp.SctpMessageCompletionHandler limits incomplete messages and fragment counts but not maxBufferedBytes, allowing unauthenticated peers to exhaust memory with large SCTP fragments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 14:50 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
netty netty Affected: < 4.1.137.Final
Affected: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.17.Final
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