CVE-2026-56816info

Summary

by MITRE • 07/22/2026

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.2.16.Final, Netty's `Http3FrameCodec` buffers incoming data for HTTP/3 reserved frame types up to the wire-specified payload length without limits; `decodeFrame` trusts `payLoadLength`, allowing an attacker to open multiple QUIC streams and send reserved frames with very large payload lengths to cause memory exhaustion and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.16.Final.

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Disclosure

07/22/2026

Moderation

in review

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

no

Activities

very low

Sources

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