{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73508","details":"Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, io.netty.handler.codec.dns.AbstractDnsRecord, io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DefaultDnsRecordDecoder.decodeRecord(), and io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsCodecUtil.decompressDomainName() failed to release retained or newly allocated ByteBuf objects when IDN.toASCII() or encodeDomainName() rejected a malformed domain name, allowing unauthenticated remote DNS packets to leak direct memory incrementally until denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.","modified":"2026-09-10T16:30:32.484168967Z","published":"2026-08-13T15:20:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-73508"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-73508"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73508"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-mfg7-5gfp-c4w3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/5b68c61f37aa4a3045cba624cbea239655c9003b"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/bb2ff68a1fb71cb4b0eb9a9e17b66c52aff680c6"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.1.136.Final"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.16.Final"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"netty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:3.2.6.Final-2","1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1","1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnetty-java","binary_version":"1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73508.json"}},{"package":{"name":"netty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:3.2.6.Final-2","1:4.0.32-1","1:4.0.33-1","1:4.0.34-1","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm3","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm4","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm5","binary_name":"libnetty-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73508.json"}},{"package":{"name":"netty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.7-4","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm1","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm2","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm3","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm4","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm5","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm6","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnetty-java","binary_version":"1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm7"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73508.json"}},{"package":{"name":"netty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Ffocal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.33-1","1:4.1.33-2","1:4.1.33-3","1:4.1.45-1","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm3","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm4","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm6","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnetty-java","binary_version":"1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm7"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73508.json"}},{"package":{"name":"netty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.48-4","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2build0.22.04.1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1+esm1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1+esm3","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.2","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.2+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.2+esm1","binary_name":"libnetty-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73508.json"}},{"package":{"name":"netty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.48-7","1:4.1.48-8","1:4.1.48-9","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1+esm1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1+esm3","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2+esm1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnetty-java","binary_version":"1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2+esm2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notic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