CVE-2026-45416

Description

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, SslClientHelloHandler.decode() reads the 24-bit TLS handshake length and, when the ClientHello does not fit in the first record, eagerly allocates `ctx.alloc().buffer(handshakeLength)` (line 161). The guard at line 140 is `handshakeLength > maxClientHelloLength && maxClientHelloLength != 0`, and the commonly-used SniHandler/AbstractSniHandler constructors (SniHandler(Mapping), SniHandler(AsyncMapping), AbstractSniHandler()) pass maxClientHelloLength=0 and handshakeTimeoutMillis=0, so the length guard is disabled and no timeout is scheduled. A 16 MiB request exceeds the default pooled chunk size and becomes a huge/unpooled allocation performed immediately. The buffer is retained in the handler until the channel closes. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

Source: NVD

References

• [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45416
• [Other]https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
• [Other]https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
• [Other]https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-x4gw-5cx5-pgmh

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