Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting io.netty:netty-handler-ssl-ocsp package, versions [,4.1.136.Final)[4.2.0.Final,4.2.16.Final)
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- published23 Jul 2026
- disclosed22 Jul 2026
- creditVioleta Georgieva
Introduced: 22 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-56822 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade io.netty:netty-handler-ssl-ocsp to version 4.1.136.Final, 4.2.16.Final or higher.
Overview
io.netty:netty-handler-ssl-ocsp is a Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers and clients.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in the OcspServerCertificateValidator. An attacker can intercept sensitive application data or inject malicious responses by exploiting the window between the TLS handshake completion and the asynchronous OCSP validation result.