CVE-2026-93564

Summary

A flaw was found in Netty. A reference-count leak in the HAProxy PROXY-v2 message decoder allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted PROXY-protocol v2 headers. This can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-1035: CWE-1035

Workarounds

See https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-j58c-g352-8h4p for fixed versions and remediation guidance.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93564
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536953

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