7.5

CVE-2026-93564: netty

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAwaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93564DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93564
Published 18-09-2026Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-93564 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in netty. EPSS estimates a 0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.94%
0%100%
Low · +0.51 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11882-1SUSE-SU-2026:4391-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in Netty. A reference-count leak in the HAProxy PROXY-v2 message decoder allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted PROXY-protocol v2 headers. This can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.51 pp

From 0.43% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • nettyAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • nettyAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

10 links