{"id":"CVE-2026-100660","aliases":["EUVD-2026-87754","GHSA-495p-pchh-r4mc","GHSA-8rpm-pm7h-f5fv","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100660"],"status":"published","title":"Netty before 4.2.18.Final QpackEncoder Unbounded Memory Retention","description":"Netty's HTTP/3 codec (io.netty:netty-codec-http3) from 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.17.Final retains unbounded per-stream QPACK encoder state. QpackEncoder stores a queue and a dynamic-table index tracker for every encoded field section that references the QPACK dynamic table, keyed by the peer-controlled QUIC stream ID, and these entries are released only when the remote decoder sends a Section Acknowledgment or Stream Cancellation instruction — not when the HTTP/3 stream completes. There is no limit on the number of tracked streams, field sections, or retained bytes. A remote, unauthenticated HTTP/3 client can advertise a non-zero QPACK dynamic-table capacity, acknowledge the table insertion so the server reuses a dynamically indexed response header, and then omit all mandatory Section Acknowledgments while issuing sequential requests over a single QUIC connection, bypassing concurrent-stream limits and causing unbounded heap growth until the server exhausts memory (denial of service). Fixed in 4.2.18.Final.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00454,"percentile":0.39854,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"published":"2026-09-26T13:23:27Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:3.2.6.Final-2","1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1","1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:3.2.6.Final-2","1:4.0.32-1","1:4.0.33-1","1:4.0.34-1","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm3","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm4","1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.7-4","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm1","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm2","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm3","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm4","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm5","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm6","1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm7"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.33-1","1:4.1.33-2","1:4.1.33-3","1:4.1.45-1","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm3","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm4","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm6","1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm7"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.48-4","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2build0.22.04.1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1+esm1","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1+esm3","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.2","1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.2+esm1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.48-7","1:4.1.48-8","1:4.1.48-9","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1~esm1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1~esm2","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1+esm1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1+esm3","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2+esm1","1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.2+esm2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.48-16","1:4.1.48-16ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS","package":"netty","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:4.1.48-10","1:4.1.48-11","1:4.1.48-12","1:4.1.48-13","1:4.1.48-14","1:4.1.48-16","1:4.1.48-16ubuntu0.1~esm2"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"netty","product":"netty"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-495p-pchh-r4mc","tags":["vendor-advisory","exploit","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netty-before-4.2.18-final-qpackencoder-unbounded-memory-retention","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100660","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rpm-pm7h-f5fv"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/100xxx/CVE-2026-100660.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-100660","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100660","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-100660","title":"Netty before 4.2.18.Final QpackEncoder Unbounded Memory Retention","description":"Netty's HTTP/3 codec (io.netty:netty-codec-http3) from 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.17.Final retains unbounded per-stream QPACK encoder state. 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There is no limit on the number of tracked streams, field sections, or retained bytes. A remote, unauthenticated HTTP/3 client can advertise a non-zero QPACK dynamic-table capacity, acknowledge the table insertion so the server reuses a dynamically indexed response header, and then omit all mandatory Section Acknowledgments while issuing sequential requests over a single QUIC connection, bypassing concurrent-stream limits and causing unbounded heap growth until the server exhausts memory (denial of service). 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