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High severity7.5GHSA Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2026· Updated Jun 15, 2026

CVE-2026-45416

CVE-2026-45416

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, SslClientHelloHandler.decode() reads the 24-bit TLS handshake length and, when the ClientHello does not fit in the first record, eagerly allocates ctx.alloc().buffer(handshakeLength) (line 161). The guard at line 140 is handshakeLength > maxClientHelloLength && maxClientHelloLength != 0, and the commonly-used SniHandler/AbstractSniHandler constructors (SniHandler(Mapping), SniHandler(AsyncMapping), AbstractSniHandler()) pass maxClientHelloLength=0 and handshakeTimeoutMillis=0, so the length guard is disabled and no timeout is scheduled. A 16 MiB request exceeds the default pooled chunk size and becomes a huge/unpooled allocation performed immediately. The buffer is retained in the handler until the channel closes. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
io.netty:netty-handlerMaven
>= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final4.2.15.Final
io.netty:netty-handlerMaven
< 4.1.135.Final4.1.135.Final

Affected products

266

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