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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-93563

Io.netty/netty-codec-smtp: netty: unbounded multi-line response accumulation in smtpresponsedecoder leads to memory-exhaustion dos

Description

A flaw was found in Netty's `SmtpResponseDecoder` component. A remote attacker, acting as a malicious or man-in-the-middle (MITM) SMTP server, could exploit this by sending a specially crafted, unbounded multi-line SMTP response without a terminator. This vulnerability leads to unbounded memory accumulation within the client's Java Virtual Machine (JVM) heap, causing an `OutOfMemoryError` and a denial of service (DoS) due to a process crash.

Affected products

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

Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Single Sign-On 7

Default version status: affected

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