Bug 2477220 (CVE-2026-42587) - CVE-2026-42587 netty: io.netty/netty-codec-http: io.netty/netty-codec-http2: Netty: Denial of Service via unbounded memory allocation in HTTP content decompression
Summary: CVE-2026-42587 netty: io.netty/netty-codec-http: io.netty/netty-codec-http2: ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-42587
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2482687
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Reported: 2026-05-13 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 14:27 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-13 19:01:58 UTC
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, HttpContentDecompressor accepts a maxAllocation parameter to limit decompression buffer size and prevent decompression bomb attacks. This limit is correctly enforced for gzip and deflate encodings via ZlibDecoder, but is silently ignored when the content encoding is br (Brotli), zstd, or snappy. An attacker can bypass the configured decompression limit by sending a compressed payload with Content-Encoding: br instead of Content-Encoding: gzip, causing unbounded memory allocation and out-of-memory denial of service. The same vulnerability exists in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener for HTTP/2 connections. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.


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