CVE-2026-44249

high

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In netty-handler prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, an attacker can bypass IPv6 subnet rules due to an incorrect masking operation in IpSubnetFilterRule.compareTo(). Valid public IP addresses can bypass the restrictions. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

References

https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-3qp7-7mw8-wx86

https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final

https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-11

Updated: 2026-06-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High