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CVE-2026-59899: Netty: [HttpContentEncoder] Unbounded Per-Connection Queue Growth via HTTP/1.1 Pipelining Leads to Denial of Service

July 22, 2026

HttpContentEncoder (the superclass of the production handler HttpContentCompressor) maintains a per-channel ArrayDeque<CharSequence> named acceptEncodingQueue that accumulates attacker-controlled data without any size limit. The queue is filled on the I/O thread for every inbound HTTP request and drained only when the application later writes a non-1xx response. This creates a resource exhaustion vulnerability when an attacker exploits HTTP/1.1 pipelining to flood the connection with requests faster than the application produces responses.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4f6-jm68-57ww
  • github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final
  • github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final
  • github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-q4f6-jm68-57ww
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59899

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.1.136, all versions starting from 4.2.0 before 4.2.16

Fixed versions

  • 4.1.136
  • 4.2.16

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.1.136, 4.2.16 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

maven/io.netty/netty-codec-http/CVE-2026-59899.yml

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