# CVE-2026-93491: Io.netty/netty-codec-http: netty: denial of service via unbounded httpservercodec http/1.1 pipeline queue

- 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
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- io.netty/netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported
- netty-codec-http: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in Netty's HttpServerCodec. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by pipelining HTTP/1.1 requests on a single connection and withholding reads. This action causes the methodOverflowQueue to grow without limit, leading to unbounded heap memory consumption and a denial of service due to memory exhaustion.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on io.netty/netty-codec-http, netty-codec-http, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69440
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69470
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70257
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83612
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93491
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536891
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.138.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.18.Final

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