CVE-2026-48040
netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's Incorrect Native Pointer Derivation in Pooled Direct ByteBuf Fallback Leads to Out-of-Bounds Native Memory Access
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. The library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations versions prior to 0.0.22.Final provide a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false. Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena. Version 0.0.22.Final fixes the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.8
netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's Incorrect Native Pointer Derivation in Pooled Direct ByteBuf Fallback Leads to Out-of-Bounds Native Memory Access
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. The library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations versions prior to 0.0.22.Final provide a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false. Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena. Version 0.0.22.Final fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-48040- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-34308
6.8
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. The library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations versions prior to 0.0.22.Final provide a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false. Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena. Version 0.0.22.Final fixes the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-34308- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq
6.8
netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's Incorrect Native Pointer Derivation in Pooled Direct ByteBuf Fallback Leads to Out-of-Bounds Native Memory Access
The netty-incubator-codec-ohttp library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations, provides a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false.
Why this matters: Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena.
- Record
GHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.8
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. The library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations versions prior to 0.0.22.Final provide a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false. Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena. Version 0.0.22.Final fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-48040- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.8
netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's Incorrect Native Pointer Derivation in Pooled Direct ByteBuf Fallback Leads to Out-of-Bounds Native Memory Access
The netty incubator codec.bhttp is a java language binary http parser. The library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations versions prior to 0.0.22.Final provide a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false. Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena. Version 0.0.22.Final fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-48040- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq
6.8
netty-incubator-codec-ohttp's Incorrect Native Pointer Derivation in Pooled Direct ByteBuf Fallback Leads to Out-of-Bounds Native Memory Access
The netty-incubator-codec-ohttp library implements Oblivious HTTP (RFC 9458) using BoringSSL's HPKE C library via JNI. When deriving native memory addresses for cryptographic operations, provides a fallback path for direct ByteBufs that do not expose their memory address through hasMemoryAddress(). This fallback occurs when sun.misc.Unsafe is unavailable to Netty — for example, when the JVM is started with -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, when a SecurityManager restricts Unsafe access, or when running on non-HotSpot JVMs. In these configurations, Netty's default PooledByteBufAllocator returns PooledDirectByteBuf instances for which hasMemoryAddress() returns false.
Why this matters: Under the enabling JVM configuration, an unauthenticated network attacker can cause the OHTTP gateway to corrupt memory belonging to other concurrent connections and disclose the contents of adjacent pooled direct buffers by triggering cryptographic operations with crafted OHTTP requests. The corruption occurs regardless of whether the AEAD tag verification succeeds, as BoringSSL zeroizes the output buffer on failure. The information disclosure path provides the attacker with the encryption key needed to extract the leaked data. This violates the confidentiality and integrity of all connections sharing the same Netty buffer arena.
- Record
GHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-native-boringsslMaven |
before 0.0.22.Final | 0.0.22.Final |
io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-native-boringsslMaven |
before 0.0.22.Final, plus listed versions 0.0.10.Final0.0.11.Final0.0.12.Final0.0.13.Final0.0.14.Final Show 14 moreShow less0.0.15.Final0.0.16.Final0.0.17.Final0.0.18.Final0.0.19.Final0.0.20.Final0.0.21.Final0.0.3.Final0.0.4.Final0.0.5.Final0.0.6.Final0.0.7.Final0.0.8.Final0.0.9.Final |
0.0.22.Final |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-48040 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Netty Netty-incubator-codec-ohttp, published June 4, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. Fixed in io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-codec-ohttp-hpke-native-boringssl 0.0.22.Final.
References
github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq
github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp/commit/7ad38d5cc2827af7e067e5c1e1ac37cd4566dad9
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48040
github.com/advisories/GHSA-32hf-8jw3-v4qq
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48040.json
github.com/netty/netty-incubator-codec-ohttp