CVE-2026-45673

Summary

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, Netty's DNS resolver uses a predictable PRNG for generating DNS transaction IDs and defaults to a static UDP source port. This combination reduces the entropy of DNS queries, enabling DNS Cache Poisoning (Kaminsky attack). Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
nettynetty>= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Finalaffected
nettynetty< 4.1.135.Finalaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-330: CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values
  • CWE-340: CWE-340: Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References