CVE•Published 2026-05-13•Modified 2026-07-15•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-42579Netty · Netty

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 42% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20Improper Input Validation CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-626Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte)CWE-1286Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input

Description

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's DNS codec does not enforce RFC 1035 domain name constraints during either encoding or decoding. This creates a bidirectional attack surface: malicious DNS responses can exploit the decoder, and user-influenced hostnames can exploit the encoder. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-13

Modified 2026-07-15

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-42579

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Netty Netty"

All exposed Netty Netty instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Netty"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Netty" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-42579