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SCA: security update for io.netty:netty-transport-sctp (GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446009

Description

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

 - Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and
 4.2.17.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.sctp.SctpMessageCompletionHandler limits incomplete messages and
 fragment counts but not maxBufferedBytes, allowing unauthenticated peers to exhaust memory with large SCTP
 fragments. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final. (CVE-2026-59902)

Solution

Update the io.netty:netty-transport-sctp library and its related packages to version 4.1.137.Final or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qj4-mmr9-4v2f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446009

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/17/2026

Updated: 8/17/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59902

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59902

cwe: CWE-400