Netty project is an event-driven asynchronous network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.86.Final, a StackOverflowError can be raised when parsing a malformed crafted message due to an infinite recursion. This issue is patched in version 4.1.86.Final. There is no workaround, except using a custom HaProxyMessageDecoder.
CVE-2022-41881
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 36% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 70.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 12, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html
- security-advisories@githubhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0004/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0004/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-41881(10)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:1747Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.12 security update
- RHSA-2025:1746Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.9 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2023:4627Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Applications security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2023:3374Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Runtimes security update
- RHSA-2023:2100Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Integration Camel for Spring Boot 3.20.1 security update
- RHSA-2023:1512Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.10 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2023:1513Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.10 on RHEL 8 security update
- RHSA-2023:1514Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.10 on RHEL 9 security update
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Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libnetty-java (1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.3.12-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap | 2025-02-24 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.9-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 | 2025-02-24 | redhat |
| redhat | mta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9:6.2.0-11 | 2023-08-14 | redhat |
| redhat | codec-haproxy | 2023-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | mtr/mtr-web-container-rhel8:1.1-7 | 2023-05-31 | redhat |
| redhat | org.jboss.windup.plugin-windup-maven-plugin-parent | 2023-05-31 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso | 2023-05-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8:7.6-22 | 2023-05-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso | 2023-05-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso | 2023-05-10 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-netty-0:4.1.86-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap | 2023-03-29 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-netty-0:4.1.86-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap | 2023-03-29 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-netty-0:4.1.86-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap | 2023-03-29 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2023-02-14 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.netty:netty-codec-haproxy | 4.0.29.Final ... 4.1.9.Final (129 versions) | 4.1.86.Final | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(11)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0577MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:0577 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0888MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:0888 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:1516MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:1516 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2705MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:2705 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2706MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:2706 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2707MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:2707 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2710MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:2710 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:2713MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:2713 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3373MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:3373 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3954MODERATE2022-12-12
RHSA-2023:3954 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6049-1MEDIUM
Netty vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-05-25 10:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-25 10:49 UTCVendor advisory
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