Critical severity · published Jun 12, 2026
CVE-2026-47691
Netty has Insufficient Bailiwick Validation for NS Records
10.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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, Netty's `DnsResolveContext` insufficiently validates the bailiwick of NS records, enabling DNS Cache Poisoning. An attacker controlling an authoritative name server for a subdomain can poison the cache for parent domains (like `.co.uk`). In `io.netty.resolver.dns.DnsResolveContext.AuthoritativeNameServerList#add` method accepts any NS record from the AUTHORITY section as long as the record's name is a suffix of the questionName. Subsequently, the `handleWithAdditional` method caches the associated A records from the ADDITIONAL section directly into the `authoritativeDnsServerCache` under the parent domain's key. This bypasses standard bailiwick rules, where a server authoritative for a subdomain should not be trusted to provide authoritative records for its parent. The poisoned cache is then used for all future resolutions under the parent domain's key. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% 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.Final, < 4.2.15.Final; < 4.1.135.Final · source: vendor, NVD
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 Build of Apache Camel 3.33 for Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1 · 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
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
RH
Affected product
NE
netty
netty
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