CVE-2026-50009
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. Prior to version 4.2.15.Final, Netty QUIC exposes the stateless reset token on the network path when using the default HMAC-based connection-ID and stateless-reset-token generators. The reset token for the server's current source connection ID can be derived from bytes that appear as the connection ID in QUIC headers after a source-CID rotation. An on-path attacker observing the headers can use the token to perform a Denial of Service by sending a spoofed Stateless Reset packet. Version 4.2.15.Final patches the issue.
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affected products (23)
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- IBM App Connect Enterprise Professionalall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:app_connect_enterprise:professional
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Data Grid 8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:data_grid_8
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1814Netty: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Netty ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen.
- GHSA-cq4q-cv5g-r8q5Netty: QUIC stateless reset token material exposed through header-visible connection IDs2026-06-15ghsa · osvUS
### Summary Netty QUIC exposes the stateless reset token on the network path when using the default HMAC-based connection-ID and stateless-reset-token generators. The reset token for the server's current source connection ID can be derived from bytes that appear as the connection ID in QUIC headers after a source-CID rotation. An on-path attacker observing the headers can use the token to perform a Denial of Service by sending a spoofed Stateless Reset packet. ### Details The sign-based connection ID generator (HmacSignQuicConnectionIdGenerator) and reset token generator (HmacSignQuicResetTokenGenerator) both evaluate HMAC-SHA256 with the same JVM-wide static key (io.netty.handler.codec.quic.Hmac). During source CID rotation (QuicheQuicChannel.newSourceConnectionIds), the current server source CID C is used as input to produce the next CID N. The stateless reset token for C is defined over HMAC(K, C), specifically the first 16 bytes. The next CID N is the first L bytes of the same digest, where L = |C|. Whenever L ≥ 16, the first 16 bytes of N are exactly the stateless reset token for C. Because N is carried in QUIC headers as a connection ID, an observer can read the headers and learn the reset token without decrypting the payload. This directly violates RFC 9000 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000#name-calculating-a-stateless-res: `The stateless reset token MUST be difficult to guess.` Additionally https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000#name-stateless-reset-oracle ### Impact Information Disclosure and Denial of Service. An on-path attacker can obtain the stateless reset token from the connection ID header and attempt to abruptly close the client side of the connection by sending a spoofed Stateless Reset datagram.
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references (7)
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- https://github.com/netty/netty/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Finalcnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-cq4q-cv5g-r8q5cnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.Finalenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-cq4q-cv5g-r8q5enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/releases/tag/netty-4.2.15.FinalRelease Notesnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-cq4q-cv5g-r8q5Vendor Advisorynvd
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