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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-55833

Netty SPDY zlib header block continues decoded expansion after maxHeaderSize truncation

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, Netty SPDY header decoding continues inflating zlib-compressed header blocks after the raw header parser has exceeded `maxHeaderSize` and marked the frame truncated in `SpdyFrameCodec`, allowing a remote peer to send a small compressed `HEADERS` block that expands into much larger raw header data and causes compression-amplified CPU and allocation churn. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

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  • >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.16.Finalaffected
  • >= 4.1.0.Final, < 4.1.136.Finalaffected

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