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CVE-2026-116542VulnerabilityPublished

Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains an SNI hostname spoofing vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated clients to alter hostnames via JNI NewStringUTF decoding

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-116542· Medium 6.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade to 2.0.84.Final when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 19:44 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.0.84.Final
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade netty-tcnative and netty-tcnative-boringssl-static and netty/io.netty:netty-tcnative and netty/io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static to 2.0.84.Final.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
netty-tcnativeio.netty:netty-tcnativeAffected
  • <2.0.84.Final
Fixed in
  • 2.0.84.Final
netty-tcnative-boringssl-staticio.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-staticAffected
  • <2.0.84.Final
Fixed in
  • 2.0.84.Final
Mavennetty/io.netty:netty-tcnativepkg:maven/netty/io.netty:netty-tcnativeOther threatsAffected
  • <2.0.84.Final
Fixed in
  • 2.0.84.Final
Mavennetty/io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-staticpkg:maven/netty/io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-staticOther threatsAffected
  • <2.0.84.Final
Fixed in
  • 2.0.84.Final

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Description

Netty netty-tcnative before 2.0.84.Final contains an SNI hostname spoofing vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated clients to alter hostnames via JNI NewStringUTF decoding. Attackers can send overlong encodings like 0xC0 0x80 in the ClientHello server_name to confuse SNI-based certificate selection, access decisions, and logging.

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