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Reactor Netty CVE-2026-47874

| EUVDEUVD-2026-66831 MEDIUM
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
2026-08-26 vmware GHSA-fg4q-58fc-39w8
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vmware
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Vendor (vmware) PRIMARY
5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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5.3 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated network clients trigger memory exhaustion via pipelining; impact is limited to low availability with no confidentiality or integrity consequence.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: vmware

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

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Aug 27, 2026 - 00:48 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

The vulnerability occurs when a client sends HTTP/1.1 pipelined requests over a single connection, causing the Reactor Netty HTTP server to consume an excessive amount of memory. Reactor Netty 1.3.0 - 1.3.6 Reactor Netty 1.1.0 - 1.2.18 Reactor Netty 1.0.52 and earlier

AnalysisAI

HTTP/1.1 request pipelining in Reactor Netty causes unbounded memory growth, exposing Spring WebFlux applications to availability degradation or denial of service from unauthenticated remote clients. Three release trains are affected - 1.0.x through 1.0.52, 1.1.0 through 1.2.18, and 1.3.0 through 1.3.6 - giving this issue broad coverage across current and legacy Spring reactive deployments. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the target application runs Reactor Netty within an affected version range (1.0.52 or earlier, 1.1.0-1.2.18, or 1.3.0-1.3.6) and is reachable over the network by the attacker. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 5.3 Medium score (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) accurately reflects the real-world risk ceiling: the vulnerability is network-reachable by unauthenticated clients with low attack complexity, but produces only a low availability impact - progressive memory pressure rather than immediate crash in most JVM configurations. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Consult the VMware/Spring vendor advisory at https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-47874 for patched versions across the affected 1.0.x, 1.1.x/1.2.x, and 1.3.x release trains and upgrade to the latest patched release within the applicable branch. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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