CVE-2026-50560CWE-770

Netty susceptible to HTTP/2 Reset Attack with different on-the-wire signature

Medium · published June 12, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.6
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, Netty HTTP/2 max header size handling produces an attack similar to HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. There is a setting in the http2 specification called `SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE`. When a client sends that setting to Netty, it appears that Netty will behave as follows: read the request; proxy the request to the origin; attempt to produce a response; and create an exception while writing the headers for the response. Functionally, this should be similar to the http2 reset attack, but with a different on-the-wire signature. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00524 · 43.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-06-12T14:59Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 14:59Z
    Netty susceptible to HTTP/2 Reset Attack with different on-the-wire signature
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