Advisory record · GHSA-2mc4-j865-9q4r

netty-incubator-codec-ohttp: BoringSSL HPKE private key bytes exposed through toString() and exception messages

CVSS 8.1 High

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 Aug 2026, 18:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-classes-boringsslMaven<0.0.23.Final0.0.23.Final
Identifiers
GHSA-2mc4-j865-9q4r · CVE-2026-61798
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200 · CWE-312 · CWE-532
Published
20 Aug 2026
Updated
20 Aug 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

The netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-classes-boringssl package before 0.0.23.Final includes raw HPKE private key bytes in key pair string output and in an initialization exception message. Anyone with access to logs or telemetry that record these objects or exceptions can recover the private key. Upgrade to 0.0.23.Final.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS No score.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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