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CVE-2026-42579

38
FAUCET Score

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's DNS codec does not enforce RFC 1035 domain name constraints during either encoding or decoding. This creates a bidirectional attack surface: malicious DNS responses can exploit the decoder, and user-influenced hostnames can exploit the encoder. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.

First published: May 13, 2026Last modified: May 13, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.133CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (bionic)Fixed in: 1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm6
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (focal)Fixed in: 1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm6
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (jammy)Fixed in: 1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1+esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (noble)Fixed in: 1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1+esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (resolute)Fixed in: 1:4.1.48-16ubuntu0.1~esm2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (trusty)Fixed in: 1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: netty (xenial)Fixed in: 1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

ubuntuUSN-8401-1

Netty vulnerabilities

Jun 8, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:23808
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:24502
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:25123
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:28010
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:36820
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:37390
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-42579
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42579.json
github.com / netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-cm33-6792-r9fm
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory