Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-93564Io.netty/netty-codec-haproxy: netty: haproxy proxy-v2 nested-tlv grandchild bytebuf reference-count leak (incomplete fix of pr #16881)

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 38.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in Netty. A reference-count leak in the HAProxy PROXY-v2 message decoder allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted PROXY-protocol v2 headers. This can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nettyno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93564
Debian:13nettyno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93564
Debian:14nettyno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93564
Ubuntu:26.10nettyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93564

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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