Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final, Netty is vulnerable to MadeYouReset DDoS. This is a logical vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol, that uses malformed HTTP/2 control frames in order to break the max concurrent streams limit - which results in resource exhaustion and distributed denial of service. This issue has been patched in versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final.
History

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


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First Time appeared Netty
Netty netty
Vendors & Products Netty
Netty netty

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final, Netty is vulnerable to MadeYouReset DDoS. This is a logical vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol, that uses malformed HTTP/2 control frames in order to break the max concurrent streams limit - which results in resource exhaustion and distributed denial of service. This issue has been patched in versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final.
Title Netty MadeYouReset HTTP/2 DDoS Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-13T14:37:20.727Z

Reserved: 2025-08-07T18:27:23.307Z

Link: CVE-2025-55163

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-13T14:37:10.688Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-13T15:15:39.390

Modified: 2025-08-13T17:33:46.673

Link: CVE-2025-55163

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-08-13T14:17:36Z

Links: CVE-2025-55163 - Bugzilla