Bug 2488081 (CVE-2026-44249)

Summary: CVE-2026-44249 netty-handler: netty-handler: IPv6 subnet rule bypass due to incorrect masking operation
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aazores, abrianik, anthomas, ant, anujha, aschwart, asoldano, aszczucz, ataylor, avibelli, bbaranow, bbrownin, bgeorges, bmaxwell, boliveir, bstansbe, ccranfor, cescoffi, chfoley, cmah, dandread, dbruscin, dhanak, dkreling, dlofthou, drichtar, drosa, dsimansk, eaguilar, ebaron, ehelms, ehugonne, ewittman, fmariani, fmongiar, ggainey, ggrzybek, gmalinko, gsmet, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jkoehler, jmartisk, jnethert, jolong, jpasqual, jpechane, jraez, juwatts, jwon, kaycoth, kgaikwad, kingland, kvanderr, kverlaen, lphiri, lthon, manderse, mcarlett, mhulan, mnovotny, mosmerov, mposolda, mstipich, msvehla, nipatil, nmoumoul, nwallace, olubyans, osousa, pantinor, parichar, pberan, pcreech, pdelbell, pesilva, pgallagh, pjindal, pmackay, probinso, rchan, rexwhite, rgodfrey, rguimara, rkubis, rmartinc, rruss, rstancel, rstepani, rsvoboda, sausingh, sbiarozk, sdawley, smallamp, ssilvert, sthirugn, sthorger, swoodman, tasato, tcunning, thjenkin, tmalecek, tqvarnst, vdosoudi, vmuzikar, yfang
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A flaw was found in netty-handler, a component of the Netty network application framework. A remote attacker can exploit an incorrect masking operation in the IpSubnetFilterRule.compareTo() function to bypass configured IPv6 subnet rules. This allows valid public IP addresses to circumvent intended network restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or exposure of services.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-11 22:02:27 UTC
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In netty-handler prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, an attacker can bypass IPv6 subnet rules due to an incorrect masking operation in IpSubnetFilterRule.compareTo(). Valid public IP addresses can bypass the restrictions. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-17 23:05:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33 for Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1

Via RHSA-2026:26586 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26586

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-02 00:04:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.4

Via RHSA-2026:34608 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-09 15:30:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1.P1 for Spring Boot 3.5.16

Via RHSA-2026:37390 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-20 11:58:06 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Data Grid 8.6.2

Via RHSA-2026:41951 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-29 19:54:54 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2026:48151 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48151

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-03 15:40:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1

Via RHSA-2026:49701 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49701

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-03 15:41:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 9
  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 8
  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 for RHEL 10

Via RHSA-2026:49700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49700

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-04 13:59:55 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1

Via RHSA-2026:50085 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-11 16:37:49 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2026:53644 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-11 17:42:37 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25

Via RHSA-2026:53806 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53806