CVE-2026-73508

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.dns.AbstractDnsRecord, io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DefaultDnsRecordDecoder.decodeRecord(), and io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsCodecUtil.decompressDomainName() failed to release retained or newly allocated ByteBuf objects when IDN.toASCII() or encodeDomainName() rejected a malformed domain name, allowing unauthenticated remote DNS packets to leak direct memory incrementally until denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Sep 2026, 15:39

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References () https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b - () https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b - Patch
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6 - () https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6 - Patch
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final - () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final - () https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-mfg7-5gfp-c4w3 - () https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-mfg7-5gfp-c4w3 - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Netty netty
Netty

Information

Published : 2026-08-13 15:20

Updated : 2026-09-23 15:39


NVD link : CVE-2026-73508

Mitre link : CVE-2026-73508

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73508


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Products Affected

netty

  • netty
CWE
CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime