CVE details
CVE-2026-48059
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, the HAProxy PROXY protocol v2 codec in netty leaks native or heap memory on every connection when a client sends a syntactically valid header containing nested `PP2_TYPE_SSL` TLVs (type-length-value records) at depth two or greater. The leak occurs on the successful parse path — no exception is thrown, the message fires downstream, the decoder removes itself, and the application releases the `HAProxyMessage` normally. Yet the underlying cumulation buffer (a pooled, potentially direct `ByteBuf` allocated by the channel) remains permanently pinned. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
Affected ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| java/netty | netty | 4.1.53_2 | unaddressed | glewis@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>netty</name>
<range><lt>4.1.135</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol
servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final,
the HAProxy PROXY protocol v2 codec in netty leaks native or heap
memory on every connection when a client sends a syntactically valid
header containing nested `PP2_TYPE_SSL` TLVs (type-length-value
records) at depth two or greater. The leak occurs on the successful
parse path — no exception is thrown, the message fires downstream,
the decoder removes itself, and the application releases the
`HAProxyMessage` normally. Yet the underlying cumulation buffer (a
pooled, potentially direct `ByteBuf` allocated by the channel) remains
permanently pinned. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the
issue.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-48059</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48059</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-06-12</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>