# CVE-2026-116541: netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final Denial of Service via BIO Write Overcount

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109911, GHSA-RM79-885G-92CH
- 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=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.84.Final
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

The netty-tcnative library, which provides native OpenSSL-based TLS support for the Netty networking framework used in Java applications, is affected. A remote TLS 1.3 peer can trigger this flaw to cause connection failures or crash the Java process, resulting in denial of service.

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## Affected

- io.netty:netty-tcnative: fixed in 2.0.84.Final
- io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static: fixed in 2.0.84.Final

## Description

Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains a denial of service vulnerability in the tcn_write_to_bytebuffer BIO write callback that overreports bytes consumed. Remote TLS 1.3 peers can provoke queued post-handshake records like NewSessionTicket or KeyUpdate to truncate flights, fail connections, or abort the JVM process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on io.netty:netty-tcnative, io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.84.Final) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/security/advisories/GHSA-9xr3-jwv4-r489
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/commit/e31df4a5885b35085fdfa3e2dca7c1f705d4745b
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/blob/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.83.Final/openssl-dynamic/src/main/c/ssl.c#L240
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/releases/tag/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.84.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netty-tcnative-before-2.0.84-final-denial-of-service-via-bio-write-overcount

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