Description
A flaw was found in Netty's WebSocketServerExtensionHandler. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using HTTP/1.1 pipelining to send requests faster than the application can respond. This leads to an unbounded growth of a per-connection queue, consuming excessive memory. Eventually, this can cause the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to exhaust its heap, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected server.
Published: 2026-09-18
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

See https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-2g37-3h88-55hc for fixed versions and remediation guidance.

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History

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description Unbounded Per-Connection Queue Growth in WebSocketServerExtensionHandler Leads to Denial of Service A flaw was found in Netty's WebSocketServerExtensionHandler. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using HTTP/1.1 pipelining to send requests faster than the application can respond. This leads to an unbounded growth of a per-connection queue, consuming excessive memory. Eventually, this can cause the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to exhaust its heap, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected server.
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description Unbounded Per-Connection Queue Growth in WebSocketServerExtensionHandler Leads to Denial of Service
Title Io.netty/netty-codec-http: netty: unbounded per-connection queue growth in websocketserverextensionhandler leads to denial of service
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat amq Broker
Redhat amq Clients
Redhat apicurio Registry
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat camel Quarkus
Redhat camel Spring Boot
Redhat debezium
Redhat jboss Data Grid
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat jboss Fuse
Redhat quarkus
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
Weaknesses CWE-1035
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:amq_broker:7
cpe:/a:redhat:amq_clients:2023
cpe:/a:redhat:apicurio_registry:3
cpe:/a:redhat:build_keycloak:
cpe:/a:redhat:camel_quarkus:3
cpe:/a:redhat:camel_spring_boot:4
cpe:/a:redhat:debezium:3
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_fuse:7
cpe:/a:redhat:quarkus:3
cpe:/a:redhat:red_hat_single_sign_on:7
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat amq Broker
Redhat amq Clients
Redhat apicurio Registry
Redhat build Keycloak
Redhat camel Quarkus
Redhat camel Spring Boot
Redhat debezium
Redhat jboss Data Grid
Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
Redhat jboss Fuse
Redhat quarkus
Redhat red Hat Single Sign On
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Amq Broker Amq Clients Apicurio Registry Build Keycloak Camel Quarkus Camel Spring Boot Debezium Jboss Data Grid Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Jboss Fuse Quarkus Red Hat Single Sign On
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T20:22:37.565Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T09:41:56.676Z

Link: CVE-2026-93558

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Updated: 2026-09-18T14:53:49.044Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-18T15:17:19.590

Modified: 2026-09-18T21:18:46.593

Link: CVE-2026-93558

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T00:42:37Z

Links: CVE-2026-93558 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-09-18T23:15:17Z

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