Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static package, versions [,2.0.84.Final)
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- published27 Oct 2026
- disclosed26 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 26 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-116542 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static to version 2.0.84.Final or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding via the NewStringUTF decoding process. An attacker can bypass host-based access controls and influence certificate selection or logging by sending specially crafted overlong UTF-8 encodings in the server_name field of the ClientHello message.