Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Lz4FrameDecoder allocates a ByteBuf of size decompressedLength (up to 32 MB per block) before LZ4 runs. A peer only needs a 21-byte header plus compressedLength payload bytes - 22 bytes if compressedLength == 1 - to force that allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mj4r-2hfc-f8p6 Netty Lz4FrameDecoder is vulnerable to resource exhaustion
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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, Lz4FrameDecoder allocates a ByteBuf of size decompressedLength (up to 32 MB per block) before LZ4 runs. A peer only needs a 21-byte header plus compressedLength payload bytes - 22 bytes if compressedLength == 1 - to force that allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.
Title Netty: Lz4FrameDecoder resource exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
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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:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T18:09:19.817Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T17:26:12.086Z

Link: CVE-2026-42583

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.903

Modified: 2026-05-13T19:17:23.903

Link: CVE-2026-42583

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