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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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2482687
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-05-13 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-20 11:59 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:28010 0 None None None 2026-06-22 17:15:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:34608 0 None None None 2026-07-02 00:04:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:37390 0 None None None 2026-07-09 15:31:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:41951 0 None None None 2026-07-20 11:59:40 UTC

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.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-22 17:15:48 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2026:28010 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28010

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-02 00:04:37 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 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-09 15:31:04 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 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-20 11:59:34 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


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