Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's DNS codec does not enforce RFC 1035 domain name constraints during either encoding or decoding. This creates a bidirectional attack surface: malicious DNS responses can exploit the decoder, and user-influenced hostnames can exploit the encoder. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cm33-6792-r9fm Netty has a DNS Codec Input Validation Bypass (Encoder + Decoder)
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Wed, 13 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's DNS codec does not enforce RFC 1035 domain name constraints during either encoding or decoding. This creates a bidirectional attack surface: malicious DNS responses can exploit the decoder, and user-influenced hostnames can exploit the encoder. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Title Netty: DNS Codec Input Validation Bypass in Netty (Encoder + Decoder)
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-400
CWE-626
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-05-13T18:01:52.500Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T17:26:12.085Z

Link: CVE-2026-42579

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.353

Modified: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.353

Link: CVE-2026-42579

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