[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.
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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 46% of all scored CVEs.
- Moderate exploitation riskCVE-2026-338711.1% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 62% of all 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.
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.
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Netty: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-10
- high[UPDATE] [high] Netty: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-10
- mediumCVE-2026-49365: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache Camel Net…nvd · 2026-07-06
- highGHSA-h2qv-fj59-j46j: Netty HAProxy: Unbalanced Reference Count in Nested PP2_TYPE_SSL TLV Parsing Leads to Mem…ghsa · 2026-06-11
- mediumGHSA-c2gf-v879-257j: netty-codec-http2: ByteBuf Reference-Count Leak in DelegatingDecompressorFrameListener Le…ghsa · 2026-06-11
- highGHSA-6jv9-x5w9-2ccm: Netty's Lack of Lifecycle Cleanup Leads to Pooled ByteBuf Leak in RedisArrayAggregatorghsa · 2026-06-11
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