Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting io.netty:netty-codec-http2 package, versions [,4.1.135.Final)[4.2.0.Alpha1,4.2.15.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-17311220
  • published12 Jun 2026
  • disclosed11 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-48043  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.netty:netty-codec-http2 to version 4.1.135.Final, 4.2.15.Final or higher.

Overview

io.netty:netty-codec-http2 is a HTTP2 sub package for the netty library, an event-driven asynchronous network application framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in the DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener function. An attacker can cause memory exhaustion and potentially crash the JVM by sending specially crafted HTTP/2 frames that trigger a resource leak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1