Medium severity · published Jun 12, 2026
CVE-2026-50560
Netty susceptible to HTTP/2 Reset Attack with different on-the-wire signature
5.3
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 HTTP/2 max header size handling produces an attack similar to HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. There is a setting in the http2 specification called `SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE`. When a client sends that setting to Netty, it appears that Netty will behave as follows: read the request; proxy the request to the origin; attempt to produce a response; and create an exception while writing the headers for the response. Functionally, this should be similar to the http2 reset attack, but with a different on-the-wire signature. 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:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% 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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50560
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50560
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-563q-j3cm-6jxm
Not Applicable
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9113.html#name-defined-settings
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