CVE-2026-93578: netty
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-93578 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in netty. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.4% 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 Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Client. The client fails to verify the 'id-kp-OCSPSigning' Extended Key Usage (EKU) in OCSP responder certificates. A remote attacker, holding any valid certificate issued by the same Certificate Authority (CA), can exploit this by forging 'GOOD' OCSP responses for revoked certificates. This bypasses certificate revocation checks, allowing applications using Netty's OCSP Client to accept certificates that should have been revoked, leading to an authorization bypass.
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
0.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Change unavailable
Change unavailable
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