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, the HAProxy PROXY protocol v2 codec in netty leaks native or heap memory on every connection when a client sends a syntactically valid header containing nested PP2_TYPE_SSL TLVs (type-length-value records) at depth two or greater. The leak occurs on the successful parse path — no exception is thrown, the message fires downstream, the decoder removes itself, and the application releases the HAProxyMessage normally. Yet the underlying cumulation buffer (a pooled, potentially direct ByteBuf allocated by the channel) remains permanently pinned. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
CVE-2026-48059
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 55% 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 44.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 11, 2026
Last Modified
July 6, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 12, 2026[HAProxy] Unbalanced Reference Count in Nested PP2_TYPE_SSL TLV Parsing Leads to Memory Exhaustion · Advisory · netty/netty · GitHub
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-h2qv-fj59-j46jnetty-4.2.15.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.2.15.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Finalnetty-4.1.135.Final
Patch available: netty/netty netty-4.1.135.Final
https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.FinalVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48059(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:34608Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.4 release and security update
- RHSA-2026:26586Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18 for Quarkus 3.33 security update
- RHSA-2026:26018Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.4.SP1 security update
- RHSA-2026:26017Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1 security update
- GHSA-h2qv-fj59-j46jGitHub Security AdvisoriesHigh
Netty HAProxy: Unbalanced Reference Count in Nested PP2_TYPE_SSL TLV Parsing Leads to Memory Exhaustion
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | netty-codec-haproxy | 2026-07-02 | 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 ... 4.1.99.Final (178 versions) | 4.1.135.Final | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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