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VMwareCVE-2026-47874

VMware Reactor Netty: resource exhaustion

Medium5.3CVE-2026-47874 · Published Aug 27, 2026 · updated Sep 2, 2026

The vulnerability occurs when a client sends HTTP/1.1 pipelined requests over a single connection, causing the Reactor Netty HTTP server to consume an excessive amount of memory. Reactor Netty 1.3.0 - 1.3.6 Reactor Netty 1.1.0 - 1.2.18 Reactor Netty 1.0.52 and earlier

VMware advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Reactor Netty
Product
>= 1.3.0, <= 1.3.6No fix yet
>= 1.1.0, <= 1.2.18No fix yet
<= 1.0.52No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-770

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