High severity · published May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-42587
Netty: HttpContentDecompressor maxAllocation bypass via Content-Encoding: br/zstd/snappy enables decompression bomb DoS
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, HttpContentDecompressor accepts a maxAllocation parameter to limit decompression buffer size and prevent decompression bomb attacks. This limit is correctly enforced for gzip and deflate encodings via ZlibDecoder, but is silently ignored when the content encoding is br (Brotli), zstd, or snappy. An attacker can bypass the configured decompression limit by sending a compressed payload with Content-Encoding: br instead of Content-Encoding: gzip, causing unbounded memory allocation and out-of-memory denial of service. The same vulnerability exists in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener for HTTP/2 connections. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
netty · netty
>= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final; < 4.1.133.Final · source: vendor, NVD
NE
netty-codec-http · io.netty
>= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final; < 4.1.133.Final · source: vendor
NE
netty-codec-http2 · io.netty
>= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final; < 4.1.133.Final · source: vendor
C4
Cryostat 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
C4
Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
OS
OpenShift Serverless · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.13.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.14.1 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AMQ Clients · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Build of Keycloak · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Data Grid 8.6.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Fuse 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA