CVE-2026-56819 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2026-56819HIGH

Netty: HTTP/2 decompression leaks ByteBuf reference count when the decompressor channel is already closed (Direct memory leak / OOM DoS)

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  N  H    7.5   .0037   29.8     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                          Fixed
  netty    >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final –  —

TIMELINE
  Jun 23  Reserved by GitHub_M
  Jul 21  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-56819 (netty). Public exploit reference added.
  Jul 21  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
  Jul 30  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-56819 (netty). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-400, CWE-401 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 5 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 23, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
July 21, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-56819 (netty). Public exploit reference added.
July 21, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
July 30, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-56819 (netty). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
netty	netty	—	>= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Final	—

Weaknesses

CWE-400 · CWE-401

References (5)

https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b [Patch]
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6 [Patch]
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final [Release Notes]
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final [Release Notes]
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-93wv-jw9v-4972 [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-56819 at cve.org

Vendors: netty

Weaknesses: CWE-400 · CWE-401

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