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.
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Published : 2026-08-13 15:20
Updated : 2026-09-09 20:58
NVD link : CVE-2026-73508
Mitre link : CVE-2026-73508
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73508
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CWE
CWE-772
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
