CVE-2026-46340

Netty: SCTP reassembly nests buffers without bound

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 12, 2026 at 02:19 PM UTC
Updated: September 18, 2026 at 02:29 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsNettyFuseJBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions of netty-transport-sctp prior to 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, for each non-complete SctpMessage fragment the handler does `fragments.put(streamId, Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(frag, byteBuf))`, wrapping the previous accumulator and the new slice into a *new* CompositeByteBuf every time. After N fragments the accumulator is an N-deep chain of composites, each holding references and component arrays; readableBytes()/getBytes() on the final buffer recurse N levels. There is no limit on N, on total bytes, or on the number of streamIdentifiers an attacker can open (each gets its own map entry). A peer that never sets the `complete` flag can grow this structure indefinitely from tiny 1-byte DATA chunks. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.1.135v < 4.1.135.Finalv < 4.2.15.Final4.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.15
Affected range stops below 4.1.135, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.135.Final, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.2.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.2.15.Final, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (13)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-5xrh-qmmq-w6ch
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46340
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488388
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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