CVE-2026-93491 Netty HttpServerCodec - Denial of Service

Netty HttpServerCodec contains a denial of service caused by unbounded heap memory consumption from pipelined HTTP/1.1 requests with withheld reads, letting remote unauthenticated attackers exhaust memory, exploit requires HTTP/1.1 pipelining.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.73% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
18 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-770

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Netty HttpServerCodec.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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