CVE-2026-59901

Summary

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, the Bzip2Decoder handler in Netty's compression codec pipeline is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack through a malformed bzip2 stream that permanently captures the event-loop thread in an infinite loop. The vulnerability exists in the run-length encoding (RLE) state machine within [Bzip2BlockDecompressor.read()]. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
nettynetty>=4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Finalaffected
nettynetty< 4.1.136.Finalaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-835: CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References