HIGHCVE-2026-33871Published Modified CNA GitHub_M
CVE-2026-33871: Netty HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Frame Flood DoS via Zero-Byte Frame Bypass
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final, a remote user can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) against a Netty HTTP/2 server by sending a flood of `CONTINUATION` frames. The server's lack of a limit on the number of `CONTINUATION` frames, combined with a bypass of existing size-based mitigations using zero-byte frames, allows an user to cause excessive CPU consumption with minimal bandwidth, rendering the server unresponsive. Versions 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final fix the issue.
Metrics
- CVSS v4.0
- 8.7
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- —
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- netty / netty< 4.1.132.Final · >= 4.2.0.Alpha1, < 4.2.10.Final
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N