Bug 2501958 (CVE-2026-44891)

Summary:	CVE-2026-44891 io.netty/netty-codec-stomp: Netty: Denial of Service vulnerability in STOMP decoder
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	anujha, aschwart, asoldano, aszczucz, bbaranow, bmaxwell, boliveir, bstansbe, dlofthou, drichtar, fmariani, gmalinko, istudens, ivassile, iweiss, janstey, jwon, mcarlett, mosmerov, mposolda, msvehla, nwallace, pberan, pesilva, pjindal, pmackay, rmartinc, rstancel, rstepani, ssilvert, sthorger, tcunning, thjenkin, vdosoudi, vmuzikar, yfang
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Netty, a network application framework, specifically within the StompSubframeDecoder component. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending a large number of small headers. The decoder fails to properly limit the total number or cumulative size of headers per frame, leading to excessive memory consumption and ultimately crashing the server.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-17 21:03:27 UTC

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.stomp.StompSubframeDecoder fails to limit the total number of headers or their cumulative size per frame, and the maxLineLength parameter only restricts individual header lines. An attacker can send a large number of short headers that are accumulated in memory inside DefaultStompHeadersSubframe until the JVM throws an OutOfMemoryError, causing denial of service for servers exposing a STOMP endpoint based on StompSubframeDecoder. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-13 14:51:11 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.3 for Spring Boot 3.5.16

Via RHSA-2026:54622 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54622