CVE-2026-33871Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Netty

Severity
8.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 27

Description

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 unre

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

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5netty/netty< 4.1.132.Final+1
NVDnetty/netty4.2.04.2.10+1
debiandebian/netty

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2026-33871: Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework2026-03-27
GHSA
Netty HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Frame Flood DoS via Zero-Byte Frame Bypass2026-03-26
OSV
Netty HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Frame Flood DoS via Zero-Byte Frame Bypass2026-03-26

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
netty: Netty: Denial of Service via HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frame flood2026-03-27
Debian
CVE-2026-33871: netty - Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In version...2026

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-33871 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-33871 netty: Netty: Denial of Service via HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frame flood2026-03-27