CVE-2026-93493: netty
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-93493 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in netty. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 18-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 18-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in Netty's `netty-handler-ssl-ocsp` component. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) response that omits the optional `nextUpdate` field. This omission causes the OCSP validation to be silently skipped, leading to applications proceeding with an unvalidated certificate. This can result in a bypass of security controls where certificate validation is expected.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.07 pp
From 0.15% 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
Debian1 product
- nettyAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- nettyAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products