# CVE-2025-55163: Netty MadeYouReset HTTP/2 DDoS Vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-PRJ3-CCX8-P6X4
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 4.1.124.Final, 4.2.4.Final, 1.75.0
- Published: 2025-08-13 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- netty: fixed in 4.1.124.Final; fixed in 4.2.4.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven): from 4.2.0.Alpha1, fixed in 4.2.4.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven): fixed in 4.1.124.Final
- io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded (Maven): fixed in 1.75.0

## Description

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final, Netty is vulnerable to MadeYouReset DDoS. This is a logical vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol, that uses malformed HTTP/2 control frames in order to break the max concurrent streams limit - which results in resource exhaustion and distributed denial of service. This issue has been patched in versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on netty, io.netty:netty-codec-http2, io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded, upgrade to a fixed version (4.1.124.Final, 4.2.4.Final, 1.75.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-prj3-ccx8-p6x4
- https://github.com/xiaoqiMikko/netty-http2-check

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