GHSA-jppx-w49h-x2qqHigh

Netty: [SpdyHttpDecoder] ByteBuf Reference Leak on RST_STREAM Leads to Native Memory Exhaustion

Published
July 22, 2026
Last Modified
July 22, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The SpdyHttpDecoder handler in Netty's SPDY-to-HTTP codec allocates a pooled ByteBuf when processing a client-initiated SYN_STREAM frame with FLAG_FIN=0, storing the partially-constructed FullHttpRequest in an internal map (messageMap) to accumulate subsequent DATA frames. When the remote peer sends an RST_STREAM for that stream, or when the accumulated content exceeds maxContentLength, the decoder removes the entry from the map but never releases the pooled ByteBuf, permanently leaking the allocated memory.

🎯 Affected products2

  • maven/io.netty:netty-codec-http:>= 4.2.0.Final, <= 4.2.15.Final
  • maven/io.netty:netty-codec-http:>= 4.1.0.Final, <= 4.1.135.Final

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