CVE-2026-56741
JLine: Unauthenticated Remote DoS via Unbounded Telnet NAWS Terminal Geometry
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Description
JLine is a Java library for handling console input. Prior to 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1, the JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module does not apply an upper bound to terminal dimensions received via the Telnet NAWS option, and TelnetIO.handleNAWS() in TelnetIO.java:856-879 reads client-supplied width and height as 16-bit unsigned integers and passes values such as 65535x65535 to setTerminalGeometry(), allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to repeatedly alternate values and trigger continuous expensive rendering work that causes CPU exhaustion and denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/security/advisories/GHSA-2r2c-cx56-8933
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/3ea9cad8699714dc072fade29d36be0d1e23d708
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/733eb353dca7b0ea0252e724445b6defa29c393e
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/86b7ba7801988aadb1a67555629522a71d603bd3
References (7)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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