CVE-2026-45674: netty
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-45674 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in netty. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 3Timeline
- 12-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 18-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, Netty's DnsResolveContext fails to validate the origin (bailiwick) of CNAME records in DNS responses. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA8.7HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated10.0CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated10.0CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NDiffers
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
20%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.04 pp
From 0.25% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard176 products
- airbyte-server< 2.0.0-r1
- airbyte-server-fips< 2.0.0-r1
- akhq< 0.27.1-r3
- apache-hop< 2.18.0-r4
- apache-hop-fips< 2.18.0-r4
Wolfi24 products
- akhq< 0.27.1-r3
- apache-nifi< 2.9.0-r14
- apache-pulsar-4.1< 4.1.3-r15
- apache-pulsar-4.2< 4.2.2-r3
- apicurio-registry< 3.3.0-r3
2 vendors · 200 products · Showing 200 of 241. Use Open JSON for the complete list.
References
29 links- github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-676x-f7gg-47vcX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTAdvisoryWEBVendor Advisory
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- github.com/netty/nettyPACKAGE