CVE-2026-75595
Published:August 19, 2026
Updated:September 24, 2026
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Fina and 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.ssl.SslClientHelloHandler#decode checks the wrong offset before reading the four-byte TLS handshake header, so a ClientHello whose handshake header spans records can cause an IndexOutOfBoundsException and invoke select(ctx, null). This selects the default SslContext instead of the SNI-specific context. In deployments where per-SNI clientAuth=REQUIRE is the sole mutual TLS gate, the default SslContext uses clientAuth=NONE or clientAuth=OPTIONAL, and no application-layer certificate verification exists, an unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass the protected route's mutual TLS requirement. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/netty/netty.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=netty-4.1.0.Final <netty-4.1.137.FinalFix Suggestion:
Update to version netty-4.1.137.Finalhttps://github.com/netty/netty.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=netty-4.2.0.Final <netty-4.2.17.FinalFix Suggestion:
Update to version netty-4.2.17.Finalio.netty:netty-handler (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0.Alpha1 <4.1.137.FinalFix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.137.Finalio.netty:netty-handler (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.2.0.Final <4.2.17.FinalFix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.2.17.Finalio.netty:netty-handler (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0.Alpha1 <4.1.137.FinalFix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.137.FinalRelated Resources (10)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.28