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CVE-2026-75596: Netty: Fragmented ClientHello records trigger quadratic pre-handshake reassembly in default SNI parsing

September 8, 2026

Netty’s default SNI entrypoint reparses and recopies previously received ClientHello fragments on every additional TLS handshake record. A remote peer can send a small first record that advertises a large ClientHello length and then drip the body in many tiny records, causing superlinear (quadratic) CPU work before the handshake completes. With 4095 one-byte fragments, the handler recopies 8,386,560 bytes from only 24,579 bytes on the wire — a 341× amplification ratio.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-fccg-mwvh-qqg4
  • github.com/netty/netty/commit/1b5abc6443b63726c72cdd285af2feb7ddbb8ff7
  • github.com/netty/netty/commit/9e0519239108a69b7e9bbc5e9182ee139a0d7961
  • github.com/netty/netty/pull/17213
  • github.com/netty/netty/pull/17217
  • github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.137.Final
  • github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.17.Final
  • github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-fccg-mwvh-qqg4
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75596

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.1.137, all versions starting from 4.2.0 before 4.2.17

Fixed versions

  • 4.1.137
  • 4.2.17

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.1.137, 4.2.17 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-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Source file

maven/io.netty/netty-handler/CVE-2026-75596.yml

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