High severity · published Jun 12, 2026
CVE-2026-48006
Netty's Lack of Lifecycle Cleanup Leads to Pooled ByteBuf Leak in RedisArrayAggregator
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
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, the RedisArrayAggregator handler permanently leaks pooled direct-memory buffers when a Redis pipeline connection closes before a RESP array aggregate completes. The handler retains child messages in per-handler state (`depths` field) but defines no `channelInactive`, `handlerRemoved`, or `exceptionCaught` method to release them when the pipeline tears down. Because the leaked buffers are slices of `PooledByteBufAllocator` chunks, they prevent those chunks from being returned to the JVM-wide direct-memory pool. Repeated connection churn by any network peer monotonically drains this shared pool, eventually causing allocation failures on all Netty channels in the process. 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: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)0.7% · higher than 54% 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
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 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 9 · 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
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1.P1 for Spring Boot 3.5.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48006
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48006
Release Notes
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
Release Notes
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085
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