CVE-2026-93564
highA flaw was found in Netty.
A flaw was found in Netty. A reference-count leak in the HAProxy PROXY-v2 message decoder allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted PROXY-protocol v2 headers. This can lead to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-18 15:17
Modified: 2026-10-15 17:17
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69440 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69470 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70257 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83612 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93564 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536953 secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC · record ↗