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Description

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, the OcspServerCertificateValidator forwards the SslHandshakeCompletionEvent before the asynchronous OCSP validation completes. This allows the client's downstream handlers to send sensitive application data (e.g., HTTP requests) to a revoked server before the channel is closed by the OCSP check. n io.netty.handler.ssl.ocsp.OcspServerCertificateValidator#userEventTriggered, when an SslHandshakeCompletionEvent is received, the validator immediately calls ctx.fireUserEventTriggered(evt). It then initiates an asynchronous OCSP query using OcspClient.query. Because the handshake completion event is forwarded immediately, downstream handlers in the client's pipeline are notified that the TLS handshake is successful. They may then begin reading and processing incoming application data or sending outgoing data. If the OCSP response later indicates the server's certificate is REVOKED, the validator closes the channel, but by this time, the client may have already leaked sensitive data to a revoked server or processed malicious responses from it. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
netty netty >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final, < 4.1.136.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 —
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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 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 netty 4.1.136-150200.4.53.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLES 15 SP7 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLES 15 SP6 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLES 15 SP5 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLES 15 SP4 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 netty-tcnative 2.0.80-150200.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3482-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed netty 4.1.136-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11394-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling cassandra-5.0 5.0.8-r12 —
Wolfi rolling management-api-for-apache-cassandra-5.0 0.1.122-r2 —
Wolfi rolling tez 0.10.5-r21 —
Wolfi rolling thingsboard-tb-node +1 4.3.1.3-r6 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven io.netty:netty-handler-ssl-ocsp >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final 4.2.16.Final GHSA-wc96-39fc-566f
Maven io.netty:netty-handler-ssl-ocsp < 4.1.136.Final 4.1.136.Final GHSA-wc96-39fc-566f

Advisories 3

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