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CVE-2026-44894: Netty's Default QUIC token handler accepts any client-supplied token

June 8, 2026

NoQuicTokenHandler is the tokenHandler used when the application does not set one. Its writeToken() returns false (server will not send Retry — acceptable), but validateToken() unconditionally return 0. In QuicheQuicServerCodec.handlePacket(), a non-negative return from validateToken() is interpreted as ’token is valid, ODCID starts at offset 0’, causing the server to call quiche_accept as if the client’s address had been validated by a Retry round-trip. Per RFC 9000 §8.1, a validated address lifts the 3× anti-amplification send limit. Thus any attacker who includes ANY non-empty token bytes in an Initial packet — with a spoofed victim source IP — causes the Netty server to treat the victim as validated and reflect full-size handshake flights (certificates, etc.) toward it without the 3× cap. The correct ’no token handler’ semantics would be to return -1 (invalid) so the normal un-validated path and amplification limit apply.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cmm3-54f8-px4j
  • github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
  • github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-cmm3-54f8-px4j
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44894

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.2.0 before 4.2.15

Fixed versions

  • 4.2.15

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.2.15 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-940: Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel

Source file

maven/io.netty/netty-codec-classes-quic/CVE-2026-44894.yml

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