CVE details
CVE-2026-56819
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, a remote unauthenticated peer can leak one direct `ByteBuf` per HTTP/2 `DATA` frame in applications that enable HTTP/2 content decompression via `DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener`. When a `DATA` frame is processed for a stream whose decompressor has already been closed, `Http2Decompressor.decompress(...)` calls `decompressor.writeInbound(data.retain())` and does not release the retained buffer on the error path, eventually exhausting direct memory and crashing the JVM. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
Affected ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| java/netty | netty | 4.1.53_2 | unaddressed | glewis@FreeBSD.org |
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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>4.1.136</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. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and
4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, a remote unauthenticated peer can
leak one direct `ByteBuf` per HTTP/2 `DATA` frame in applications that
enable HTTP/2 content decompression via
`DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener`. When a `DATA` frame is
processed for a stream whose decompressor has already been closed,
`Http2Decompressor.decompress(...)` calls
`decompressor.writeInbound(data.retain())` and does not release the
retained buffer on the error path, eventually exhausting direct memory
and crashing the JVM. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final
and 4.2.16.Final.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-56819</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56819</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-07-21</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>