CVE-2026-47244CWE-400

Netty HTTP/2: Advertised MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS are not enforced

Medium · published June 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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, DefaultHttp2Connection.DefaultEndpoint initialises maxActiveStreams/maxStreams to Integer.MAX_VALUE, and Http2Settings never inserts SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS by default (Http2Settings.java:305-307 only clamps a user-supplied value). Unless the application explicitly calls initialSettings().maxConcurrentStreams(n), a Netty HTTP/2 server advertises no limit and enforces none locally. Each open stream allocates a DefaultStream object, PropertyMap slots, flow-controller state and IntObjectHashMap entry; with ~2^30 permissible odd stream IDs a single TCP connection can create hundreds of thousands of long-lived stream objects. This is also the precondition for CVE-2023-44487-style Rapid-Reset amplification, where the absence of a low concurrent cap multiplies backend work. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00507 · 42.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-06-12T14:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 14:23Z
    Netty HTTP/2: Advertised MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS are not enforced
    cvelistv5