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CVE-2026-42577 (GCVE-0-2026-42577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 18:00 – Updated: 2026-05-14 15:39
VLAI
Title
Netty: epoll transport denial of service via RST on half-closed TCP connection
Summary
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. From 4.2.0.Final to 4.2.13.Final , Netty's epoll transport fails to detect and close TCP connections that receive a RST after being half-closed, leading to stale channels that are never cleaned up and, in some code paths, a 100% CPU busy-loop in the event loop thread. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-14 15:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
netty netty Affected: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.13.Final
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