Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In netty-codec-haproxy prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, when decoding a PP2_TYPE_SSL TLV, HAProxyMessage.readNextTLV() first calls header.retainedSlice(header.readerIndex(), length) and only then reads the 1-byte client field and 4-byte verify field. If the attacker sets the TLV length below 5, the subsequent readByte/readInt throws IndexOutOfBoundsException. HAProxyMessageDecoder only catches HAProxyProtocolException around this call, so the IOOBE propagates and the retained slice on the pooled cumulation buffer is never released. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
Weakness
The product does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the product.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netty | Netty | * | 4.1.135 (excluding) |
| Netty | Netty | 4.2.0 (including) | 4.2.15 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33 for Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1 | RedHat | netty-codec-haproxy | * |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.4.SP1 | RedHat | netty-codec-haproxy | * |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.33.2.SP1 | RedHat | netty-codec-haproxy | * |
| Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.4 | RedHat | netty-codec-haproxy | * |
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.135.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-cc37-9q2j-3hfv
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26017
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26586
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44893
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488383
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44893.json