[UPDATE] [medium] Netty: Multiple vulnerabilities
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Netty to bypass security measures and cause a denial of service.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass security measures and cause denial of service.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Netty are affected by these vulnerabilities.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks.
- Action
- Apply the latest patches for Netty.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0846
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-338700.64% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 48% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
- Moderate exploitation riskCVE-2026-338711.1% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 63% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-33870 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-33871 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- high[UPDATE] [hoch] Atlassian Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible, Jira und Jira Service Management: …cert-bund
- highexploited[UPDATE] [high] Atlassian Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible, Jira and Jira Service Management: …cert-bund
- unknownexploitedMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (August 21, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- unknownexploitedMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (August 14, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in SAP products (August 11, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (August 07, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- high[UPDATE] [high] Atlassian Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (July 24, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- high[NEW] [high] IBM Operational Decision Manager: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (June 26, 2026)cert-fr-avis
Recent advisories for Netty
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalGHSA-c4c3-7fpv-j4q5: Netty: SNI Routing Bypass via Fragmented TLS ClientHello Causing Fallback to Default SslC…ghsa · 2026-09-08
- mediumGHSA-fccg-mwvh-qqg4: Netty: Fragmented ClientHello records trigger quadratic pre-handshake reassembly in defau…ghsa · 2026-09-08
- medium[UPDATE] [mittel] Netty: Mehrere Schwachstellencert-bund · 2026-09-04
- medium[NEW] [medium] Netty: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-09-02
- high[NEW] [high] Netty: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-09-02
- high[UPDATE] [high] Netty: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-09-02
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