Improper Check for Certificate Revocation Affecting io.netty:netty-handler-ssl-ocsp package, versions [,4.1.136.Final)[4.2.0.Final,4.2.16.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-18233130
  • published23 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditVioleta Georgieva

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-56821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-299  (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 Improper Check for Certificate Revocation in the OcspServerCertificateValidator. An attacker can cause a revoked certificate to be accepted by replaying an expired OCSP response.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1