Use After Free Affecting io.netty:netty-tcnative package, versions [,2.0.84.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-21755441
  • published27 Oct 2026
  • disclosed26 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-116540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.netty:netty-tcnative to version 2.0.84.Final or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free through the ssl_tlsext_ticket_key_cb process during session ticket key rotation. An attacker can cause a crash or corrupt ticket processing by initiating TLS handshakes while setSessionTicketKeys0 frees the shared key array, leading OpenSSL to access freed HMAC keys.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1