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netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final Denial of Service via BIO Write Overcount

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains a denial of service vulnerability in the tcn_write_to_bytebuffer BIO write callback that overreports bytes consumed. Remote TLS 1.3 peers can provoke queued post-handshake records like NewSessionTicket or KeyUpdate to truncate flights, fail connections, or abort the JVM process.

Products
netty-tcnative, netty-tcnative-boringssl-static
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-116541
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final Denial of Service via BIO Write Overcount

core-cve · Original source

Published 26 Oct 2026, 14:59 UTC

Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains a denial of service vulnerability in the tcn_write_to_bytebuffer BIO write callback that overreports bytes consumed. Remote TLS 1.3 peers can provoke queued post-handshake records like NewSessionTicket or KeyUpdate to truncate flights, fail connections, or abort the JVM process.

cve:CVE-2026-116541

netty-tcnative

Fixed versions: Not specified

netty-tcnative-boringssl-static

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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