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CVE-2026-48748
Netty HTTP/3 QPACK Blocked Streams Memory Exhaustion
High7.5EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
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- GitHub_M
Description
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Starting in version 4.2.0.Final and prior to version 4.2.15.Final, a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the Netty HTTP/3 codec allows the creation of an infinite number of blocked streams, which can cause OOM error. Version 4.2.15.Final patches the issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenio.netty:netty-codec-http3GHSA-4grm-h2qv-h6w6 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-4grm-h2qv-h6w6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/75127cab731ee35068d1f0667bffa188bc332f5d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2488441 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48748.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4grm-h2qv-h6w6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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