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CVE-2026-56817: Netty XML: Injection / Risky Sink — unconfigured XML factory with active DTD and entity handling

July 22, 2026

Any caller that can deliver bytes to a Netty channel pipeline containing XmlDecoder can send XML with a DOCTYPE declaration to a parser instantiated with no security configuration — but whether external entities are actually resolved depends on Aalto XML’s async parser behavior, making this a confirmed misconfiguration with conditional exploitability.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qhr-g3c6-fcfx
  • github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b
  • github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6
  • 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-4qhr-g3c6-fcfx
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56817

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.1.0 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 8.2 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Source file

maven/io.netty/netty-codec-xml/CVE-2026-56817.yml

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