CVE-2026-42577
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Netty epoll transport denial of service via RST on half-closed TCP connection
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll | >=4.2.0.Final,<4.2.13.Final | 4.2.13.Final |
| MAVEN | io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll | >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.13.Final | 4.2.13.Final |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | netty | {"startIncluding":"4.2.0","endExcluding":"4.2.13"} | 4.2.13 |
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/0ec3d97fab376e243d328ac95fbd288ba0f6e22d
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/16689
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-rwm7-x88c-3g2p
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42577
- https://github.com/netty/netty
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42577
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwm7-x88c-3g2p
CWEs
CWE-772
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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