CVE-2026-93558: Io.netty/netty-codec-http: netty: unbounded per-connection queue growth in websocketserverextensionhandler leads to denial of service

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-18 · updated 2026-10-15
Weakness: CWE-1035

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.

Affected products

Red Hat build of Keycloak 26.4: all versions
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7: all versions
Red Hat AMQ Clients: all versions
Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.3.SP2: all versions — fixed in 4.1.138.Final-redhat-00001
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3: all versions
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4: all versions
Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3: all versions
Red Hat Data Grid 8: all versions
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8: all versions
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Build of Apache Camel 3.33.3.SP2 4.1.138.Final-redhat-00001. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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