CVE 7.5 HIGH

Netty: DNS Codec Input Validation Bypass in Netty (Encoder + Decoder)_CVE-2026-42579

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-42579
Source GitHub_M
Published May 13, 2026 at 18:01

Affected Product

Vendor netty
Product netty
Version >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final
Affected Versions netty netty >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.13.Final
netty netty < 4.1.133.Final

CWE Classification

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