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CVE-2026-45536

21
FAUCET Score

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_unix_socket_recvFd sets msg_control to `char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))]` (line 940) — 24 bytes on 64-bit Linux. A peer-sent SCM_RIGHTS cmsg carrying two ints has cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(8) = 24, which fits exactly with no MSG_CTRUNC, so the kernel installs both fds in the receiving process. The subsequent check `cmsg->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int))` (line 972, expected 20) fails, the branch that would read the fd is skipped, and neither installed fd is closed. The for(;;) loop calls recvmsg again (non-blocking → EAGAIN → Java maps to 0 → read loop exits normally), leaving two leaked fds per message. There is no MSG_CTRUNC handling. Reachable via Epoll/KQueue DomainSocketChannel when the application opts into DomainSocketReadMode.FILE_DESCRIPTORS (non-default). Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

First published: Jun 12, 2026Last modified: Jun 12, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.135CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.netty:netty-transport-native-epollFixed in: 4.2.15.Final
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueueFixed in: 4.2.15.Final
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueueFixed in: 4.1.135.Final
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.netty:netty-transport-native-epollFixed in: 4.1.135.Final
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-w573-9ffj-6ff9medium

Netty: Unix-socket fd receive leaks descriptors when peer sends two at once

Jun 8, 2026

References

github.com / netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
Release Notes
github.com / netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
Release Notes
github.com / netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-w573-9ffj-6ff9
Vendor Advisory