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CVSS 7.8 HIGH Vulnerability

CVE-2026-55833: Netty SPDY zlib header block continues decoded expansion after maxHeaderSize truncation

Summary Netty SPDY header decoding continues inflating zlib-compressed header blocks after the raw header parser has already exceeded maxHeaderSize and marked the frame truncated. At commit b2d2137c4404af425bf9d5d601a62…

7.8CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
0.6%EPSS Score
VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2026-55833
Vendormaven
Affected Productio.netty:netty-codec-http
Vulnerability TypeVulnerability
CVSS Score7.8 (HIGH)
EPSS Score0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Actively Exploited❌ No known exploitation
Patch StatusSee Vendor Advisory →
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via github_advisories)

🔬 Technical Analysis

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Summary

Netty SPDY header decoding continues inflating zlib-compressed header blocks after the raw header parser has already exceeded maxHeaderSize and marked the frame truncated. At commit b2d2137c4404af425bf9d5d601a62576f5c06925, a 12,253-byte compressed SPDY header block can declare and inflate a 12 MiB header-name field with maxHeaderSize=16, forcing compression-amplified decode and skip work in a reachable SpdyFrameCodec pipeline.

PoC

[poc.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28445780/poc.zip) run with: ``bash bash ./poc/run.sh ` expected output: `text NETTY_SPDY_ZLIB_DECODED_AFTER_LIMIT_TRIGGERED compressed_bytes=12253 declared_name_length=12582912 max_header_size=16 truncated=true invalid=false `` The fingerprint means the compressed input was fully consumed

🎯 Known Indicators of Compromise

{"type":"sha1","value":"b2d2137c4404af425bf9d5d601a62576f5c06925","confidence_score":0.9,"first_seen":"2026-07-22","source_count":1} {"type":"url","value":"https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28445780/poc.zip)","confidence_score":0.82,"first_seen":"2026-07-22","source_count":1}

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