Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Netty's netty-codec-redis package is affected in versions 4.2.0.Final before 4.2.15.Final and in versions before 4.1.135.Final. An attacker who can send crafted Redis traffic with deeply nested arrays can exhaust memory and cause an OutOfMemoryError, a denial of service. Upgrade to 4.2.15.Final or 4.1.135.Final, depending on your release line.
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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 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-3244-j874-rhc2
- OSV: GHSA-3244-j874-rhc2
- github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-3244-j874-rhc2
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44250
- github.com/netty/netty
- github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
- github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final