Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.2.16.Final, Netty's `Http3FrameCodec` buffers incoming data for HTTP/3 reserved frame types up to the wire-specified payload length without limits; `decodeFrame` trusts `payLoadLength`, allowing an attacker to open multiple QUIC streams and send reserved frames with very large payload lengths to cause memory exhaustion and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.16.Final.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hpcc-26xq-25fv Netty: Memory Exhaustion via HTTP/3 Reserved Frame Types
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Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.2.16.Final, Netty's `Http3FrameCodec` buffers incoming data for HTTP/3 reserved frame types up to the wire-specified payload length without limits; `decodeFrame` trusts `payLoadLength`, allowing an attacker to open multiple QUIC streams and send reserved frames with very large payload lengths to cause memory exhaustion and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.16.Final.
Title Netty: Memory Exhaustion via HTTP/3 Reserved Frame Types
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-22T18:24:28.067Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T14:55:09.116Z

Link: CVE-2026-56816

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-22T18:21:11.668Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T19:30:17Z

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