--- id: CVE-2026-48006 title: >- Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients summary: >- Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, the RedisArrayAggregator handler permanently leaks pooled direct-memory buffers when a Redis pipe… severity: high cvss: 7.5 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H' cwe: - CWE-401 - CWE-772 vendor: netty product: netty affected: - netty < 4.1.135 - 'netty >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.15' patched: - netty 4.2.15 published: '2026-06-12' updated: '2026-09-18' sourceUpdated: '2026-09-18T13:18:29.520' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48006' references: - url: 'https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final' label: security-advisories@github.com - url: 'https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final' label: security-advisories@github.com - url: 'https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm' label: security-advisories@github.com - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48006' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488433' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: >- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48006.json label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53806' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48006' - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48006' - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm' tags: - nvd - cve.org - csaf - vex - red-hat - ghsa - maven epss: 0.00849 epssPercentile: 0.56297 aliases: - GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm ecosystem: maven ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'yes' technicalImpact: partial timestamp: '2026-06-12T16:40:23.259554Z' scores: nvd: 7.5 cna: 8.7 vendor: 7.5 ghsa: 7.5 ingestedAt: '2026-07-07T15:41:59.495Z' --- ## Overview Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, the RedisArrayAggregator handler permanently leaks pooled direct-memory buffers when a Redis pipeline connection closes before a RESP array aggregate completes. The handler retains child messages in per-handler state (`depths` field) but defines no `channelInactive`, `handlerRemoved`, or `exceptionCaught` method to release them when the pipeline tears down. Because the leaked buffers are slices of `PooledByteBufAllocator` chunks, they prevent those chunks from being returned to the JVM-wide direct-memory pool. Repeated connection churn by any network peer monotonically drains this shared pool, eventually causing allocation failures on all Netty channels in the process. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue. ## Affected - `netty < 4.1.135` - `netty >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.15` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `netty 4.2.15` ## Package advisory (CVE-2026-48006) Affected packages: - `io.netty:netty-codec-redis >= 4.2.0.Final, <= 4.2.14.Final` - `io.netty:netty-codec-redis <= 4.1.134.Final` Patched in: - `io.netty:netty-codec-redis 4.2.15.Final` - `io.netty:netty-codec-redis 4.1.135.Final` Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm ## Vendor advisories - **RHSA-2026:53644** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 7 Server · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644) - **RHSA-2026:41951** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Data Grid 8.6.2 · released 2026-07-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951) - **RHSA-2026:53806** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25 · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53806) - **RHSA-2026:50085** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1 · released 2026-08-04 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085) - **RHSA-2026:37390** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.18.1.P1 for Spring Boot 3.5.16 · released 2026-07-09 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390) - **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Fuse 7, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack · no fix planned: Red Hat Fuse 7, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack · updated 2026-09-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48006.json) - **RHSA-2026:53645** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 8 · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645) - **RHSA-2026:53646** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 9 · released 2026-08-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646)