CVE-2026-42577

Netty: epoll transport denial of service via RST on half-closed TCP connection

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
May 13, 2026
Updated
May 14, 2026
Reserved
Apr 28, 2026

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Description

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. From 4.2.0.Final to 4.2.13.Final , Netty's epoll transport fails to detect and close TCP connections that receive a RST after being half-closed, leading to stale channels that are never cleaned up and, in some code paths, a 100% CPU busy-loop in the event loop thread. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nettynetty
  • >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.13.FinalAffected

References

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