Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, Netty's SPDY SETTINGS decoder accepts a peer-declared SETTINGS entry count up to the 24-bit frame-length limit and materializes every unique setting ID in DefaultSpdySettingsFrame, allowing a remote SPDY/3.1 peer to send a syntactically valid roughly 2 MiB SETTINGS frame that creates 262144 map entries and amplifies network input into heap growth and ordered-map insertion work. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
CVE-2026-55831
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 62% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 65(Attend)EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 38%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 20, 2026
Last Modified
July 23, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Jul 21, 2026Netty SPDY SETTINGS frame count materializes unbounded settings map · Advisory · netty/netty · GitHub
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6jqx-86gh-f27wnetty-4.2.16.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.2.16.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Finalnetty-4.1.136.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.136.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Finalcommit bb2ff68a1fb7 (netty/netty)
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.136.Final (contains commit bb2ff68a1fb7)
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6commit 5b68c61f37aa (netty/netty)
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.2.16.Final (contains commit 5b68c61f37aa)
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003bVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55831(11)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:68333Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Cryostat security update
- RHSA-2026:66545Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.6 release and security update
- RHSA-2026:66488Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.14.1 release and security update
- RHSA-2026:65126Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHOAI 2.25.11 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- RHSA-2026:62260Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30.0 Release.
- RHSA-2026:54622Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18.3 for Spring Boot release.
- RHSA-2026:54435Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Streams for Apache Kafka 3.2.1 release and security update
- RHSA-2026:48118Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.18.3 for Quarkus 3.33 update is now available (RHBQ 3.33.2.SP3)
- +3 more
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | cryostat/jfr-datasource-rhel9:4.2.0-14 | 2026-09-16 | redhat |
| redhat | netty-codec-http | 2026-09-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rhoai/odh-trustyai-service-rhel9:1788198681 | 2026-09-08 | redhat |
| redhat | devspaces/pluginregistry-rhel9:1787759723 | 2026-09-01 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-9 (16 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-9 (12 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-16 (8 versions) | — | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | 1:4.1.48-10 ... 1:4.1.48-16 (7 versions) | — | — |
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.netty:netty-codec-http | 4.1.0.Final ... 4.1.99.Final (136 versions) | 4.1.136.Final | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-09-19 00:29 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-31 03:41 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-27 02:36 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-26 01:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 01:57 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-25 01:30 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-24 13:15 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-23 00:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-23 00:33 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-22 12:11 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-21 23:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 23:57 UTCVendor advisory
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