Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Netty's netty-transport-sctp package, versions 4.2.0.Final up to but not including 4.2.17.Final, and 4.1.x versions before 4.1.137.Final, are affected. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send large SCTP fragments that the SctpMessageCompletionHandler buffers without a total byte limit, exhausting server memory and causing an OutOfMemoryError. Upgrade to 4.2.17.Final or 4.1.137.Final. No workaround is listed.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0037, the 30th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f
- OSV: GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f
- github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f
- github.com/netty/netty/pull/17213
- github.com/netty/netty/pull/17217
- github.com/netty/netty/commit/1b5abc6443b63726c72cdd285af2feb7ddbb8ff7
- github.com/netty/netty
- github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.137.Final
- github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.17.Final