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SCA: security update for io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-native-boringssl (GHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443080

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. The library implements Oblivious
 HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for
 cryptographic operations versions prior to 0.0.22.Final provide a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that
 do not expose their memory address through `hasMemoryAddress()`. This fallback occurs when
 `sun.misc.Unsafe` is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with
 `-Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true`, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot
 JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default `PooledByteBufAllocator` returns `PooledDirectByteBuf`
 instances for which `hasMemoryAddress()` returns false. Under the enabling JVM configuration, an
 unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other
 concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering
 cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD
 tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure
 path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the
 confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena. Version 0.0.22.Final
 fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-48040)

Solution

Update the io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-native-boringssl library and its related packages to version 0.0.22.Final or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443080

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/11/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-48040

cwe: CWE-125