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CVE-2026-44250: Netty: Memory Exhaustion in RedisArrayAggregator due to Deeply Nested Arrays

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-11 · updated 2026-09-18
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In netty-codec-redis prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, an attacker can cause DoS by sending a crafted Redis payload with deeply nested arrays. This forces the server to allocate a massive number of state objects and collections, leading to memory exhaustion and an OutOfMemoryError. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

Affected products

• netty: before 4.1.135; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.15 — fixed in 4.1.135, 4.2.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: netty 4.1.135, 4.2.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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-3244-j874-rhc2
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37390
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50085
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53644
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53645
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53646
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44250
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488062
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44250.json

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