CVE-2026-59901 — Netty Bzip2Decoder: Infinite Loop in RLE State Machine Leads to Event-Loop Thread Hang
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, the `Bzip2Decoder` handler in Netty's compression codec p…
Published: 2026-07-29 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, the `Bzip2Decoder` handler in Netty's compression codec pipeline is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack through a malformed bzip2 stream that permanently captures the event-loop thread in an infinite loop. The vulnerability exists in the run-length encoding (RLE) state machine within [`Bzip2BlockDecompressor.read()`]. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7