Critical severity · published Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-75595
Netty: SNI Routing Bypass via Fragmented TLS ClientHello Causing Fallback to Default SslContext
9.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Fina and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.ssl.SslClientHelloHandler#decode checks the wrong offset before reading the four-byte TLS handshake header, so a ClientHello whose handshake header spans records can cause an IndexOutOfBoundsException and invoke select(ctx, null). This selects the default SslContext instead of the SNI-specific context. In deployments where per-SNI clientAuth=REQUIRE is the sole mutual TLS gate, the default SslContext uses clientAuth=NONE or clientAuth=OPTIONAL, and no application-layer certificate verification exists, an unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass the protected route's mutual TLS requirement. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
netty · netty
< 4.1.137.Final; >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.17.Final · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75595
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75595
Patch
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/1b5abc6443b63726c72cdd285af2feb7ddbb8ff7
Patch
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/9e0519239108a69b7e9bbc5e9182ee139a0d7961
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17213
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17217
Release Notes
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.137.Final
Release Notes
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.17.Final
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