Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

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

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 from Red Hat. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nettyno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93558
Debian:13nettyno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93558
Debian:14nettyno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93558
Ubuntu:26.10nettyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93558

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-1035 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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