Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final, a remote user can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) against a Netty HTTP/2 server by sending a flood of `CONTINUATION` frames. The server's lack of a limit on the number of `CONTINUATION` frames, combined with a bypass of existing size-based mitigations using zero-byte frames, allows an user to cause excessive CPU consumption with minimal bandwidth, rendering the server unresponsive. Versions 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final fix the issue.
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GHSA-w9fj-cfpg-grvv | Netty HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Frame Flood DoS via Zero-Byte Frame Bypass |
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Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final, a remote user can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) against a Netty HTTP/2 server by sending a flood of `CONTINUATION` frames. The server's lack of a limit on the number of `CONTINUATION` frames, combined with a bypass of existing size-based mitigations using zero-byte frames, allows an user to cause excessive CPU consumption with minimal bandwidth, rendering the server unresponsive. Versions 4.1.132.Final and 4.2.10.Final fix the issue. | |
| Title | Netty HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Frame Flood DoS via Zero-Byte Frame Bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-27T19:55:23.135Z
Reserved: 2026-03-24T15:10:05.679Z
Link: CVE-2026-33871
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-27T20:16:34.833
Modified: 2026-03-27T20:16:34.833
Link: CVE-2026-33871
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