Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Oct 26, 2026 14:59:40 UTC

CVE-2026-116541

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.

Base score8.2/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Attack requirementsPresentAT

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionNoneUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityNoneVC

Vulnerable system integrityNoneVI

Vulnerable system availabilityHighVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Record context

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Last updatedOct 26, 2026 19:48:35 UTC

PublishedOct 26, 2026 14:59:40 UTC

ReservedOct 26, 2026 14:30:58 UTC

Credits

Yu Bao, PayPal Cyber Security Team