CVE-2026-116542 (CVSS 5.3)

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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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0021

Probability of exploitation

0.11%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-176 CWE-176

References

Other References

https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/blob/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.83.Final/openssl-dynamic/src/main/c/sslcontext.c#L2608 https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/commit/a879c85b9776cf478aada3ca69e60b8c0a99ed38 https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/releases/tag/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.84.Final https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/security/advisories/GHSA-2784-hxmm-4hgf https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netty-netty-tcnative-before-2.0.84-final-sni-hostname-spoofing-via-modified-utf-8-decoding https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/security/advisories/GHSA-2784-hxmm-4hgf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-116542? +

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. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-116542? +

CVE-2026-116542 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance. The EPSS score is 0.0021, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-116542? +

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