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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-48748 EUVD-2026-36459GHSA-4grm-h2qv-h6w6

Netty HTTP/3 QPACK Blocked Streams Memory Exhaustion

Published Jun 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Starting in version 4.2.0.Final and prior to version 4.2.15.Final, a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the Netty HTTP/3 codec allows the creation of an infinite number of blocked streams, which can cause OOM error. Version 4.2.15.Final patches the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
netty netty >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 netty No fix yet —
Debian 13 netty No fix yet —
Debian 12 netty No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 netty No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS netty No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS netty No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling spark-4.1-scala-2.13 4.1.2-r4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven io.netty:netty-codec-http3 >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final 4.2.15.Final GHSA-4grm-h2qv-h6w6

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