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Netty CVE-2026-93494

| EUVDEUVD-2026-82745 HIGH
OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities (CWE-1035)
2026-09-18 redhat GHSA-xvr4-c5q3-q5wm
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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7.5 HIGH

Unauthenticated remote attacker sends a simple malformed STOMP frame (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); cumulative unreleased buffers cause full DoS (A:H) with no confidentiality or integrity impact.

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

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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

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

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Metadata Corrected
Sep 18, 2026 - 11:40 vuln.today
tag: Netty added
Analysis Generated
Sep 18, 2026 - 11:23 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 18, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Sep 18, 2026 - 07:39 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 18, 2026 - 07:39 nvd
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in Netty's StompSubframeDecoder component. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted STOMP frame body without its terminating null byte. This causes the decoder to allocate a ByteBuf (a buffer for bytes) that is never released, leading to a permanent memory leak. Over time, this uncontrolled memory consumption can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the application using the affected STOMP codec.

AnalysisAI

Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a gradual denial of service in applications that use Netty's STOMP codec by sending a STOMP frame body without the terminating null byte; StompSubframeDecoder leaks a ByteBuf for each such frame, so sustained traffic exhausts JVM heap or direct memory. The issue carries CVSS 3.1 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), meaning network-reachable, no authentication or user interaction, availability-only impact. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the target application uses Netty's STOMP codec - specifically the StompSubframeDecoder - on a network endpoint the attacker can reach; the trigger is a STOMP frame whose body is sent without its terminating null byte. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, base 7.5) describes a network-reachable, unauthenticated, availability-only denial of service - no confidentiality or integrity impact. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Exact fixed versions are not provided in the supplied data, so patch status should be confirmed via Red Hat's CVE page (https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93494) and Bugzilla 2536898; apply vendor errata for the affected Red Hat product or upgrade the Netty dependency as soon as a patched release is published. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all affected Red Hat middleware instances with STOMP-over-TCP/WebSocket enabled, confirm applicability of CVE-2026-93494, restrict network access via firewall or security group rules to trusted sources only, and enable alerting on JVM heap and direct memory growth. …

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