CVE-2026-56818Netty: RedisArrayAggregator max-elements failure leaves retained partial aggregate state

Descripción

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, the RedisArrayAggregator Redis codec clears retained partial aggregate state when the maxNestedArrayDepth limit is exceeded, but it does not clear the same state when the sibling maxElements limit is exceeded. A peer can start a valid RESP array, send a bulk string child, then send a nested array header longer than the configured maxElements. Netty throws a decoder exception in decodeRedisArrayHeader, but the existing partial aggregate remains retained in the handler. If the application leaves the channel alive after the exception, later messages are still consumed into the pre-error aggregate, allowing an unauthenticated peer to keep attacker-controlled aggregate state alive across a security-limit exception and pin retained pooled buffers. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Datos: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Se publican tal como los indican las fuentes, en inglés.

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Referencias y parches

• https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-p9jm-q85p-7mcp ExploitVendor Advisory
• https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/17065 Issue TrackingPatch
• https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b Patch
• https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6 Patch