Bug 2505975 (CVE-2026-56817)

Summary:	CVE-2026-56817 io.netty/netty-codec-xml: Netty: Information disclosure via XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted XML data containing a DOCTYPE declaration to a vulnerable XmlDecoder within the Netty channel pipeline. This can lead to an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability, potentially allowing the attacker to disclose sensitive information from the system.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-21 23:03:29 UTC

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, any caller that can deliver bytes to a Netty channel pipeline containing `XmlDecoder` can send XML with a `DOCTYPE` declaration to an `AsyncXMLInputFactory` instantiated with no security configuration, leaving DTD and entity handling active depending on Aalto XML async parser behavior and creating conditional XML external entity risk. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-13 14:51:33 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

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-09-21 12:20:24 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Data Grid 8.6.3

Via RHSA-2026:69296 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69296