CVE 8.1 HIGH

Netty has an IPv6 Subnet Filter Bypass via Incorrect Comparator Masking_CVE-2026-44249

8.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In netty-handler prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, an attacker can bypass IPv6 subnet rules due to an incorrect masking operation in IpSubnetFilterRule.compareTo(). Valid public IP addresses can bypass the restrictions. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-44249
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 11, 2026 at 20:46

Affected Product

Vendor netty
Product netty
Version >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final
Affected Versions netty netty >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final
netty netty < 4.1.135.Final

CWE Classification

References

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