netty-tcnative — security advisory

{
  "id": "817d122c0ef3365ffc4c449c001405dc57c45058a3940ea2cc1d1318e31a22ca",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540",
    "summary": "netty-tcnative 2.0.66.Final before 2.0.84.Final built against OpenSSL 3.x contains a use-after-free vulnerability in ssl_tlsext_ticket_key_cb during session ticket key rotation. Remote clients performing TLS handshakes while setSessionTicketKeys0 frees the shared key array cause OpenSSL to read freed HMAC keys, crashing or corrupting ticket processing.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "netty-tcnative",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.28-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "netty-tcnative",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.28-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "netty-tcnative",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.28-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "netty-tcnative",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/netty-tcnative?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.28-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "netty-tcnative",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/netty-tcnative?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.28-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "netty-tcnative",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/netty-tcnative?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.28-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116540.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T07:00:40.476797393Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-116540"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-116540"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-116540",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 460676,
  "published_at": "2026-10-26T16:17:19.377+00:00"
}