CVE-2026-56817 HIGH

CVE-2026-56817: Netty: XML External Entity (XXE) injection via unconfigured XML factory when DTD and entity processing are enabled

Vendor Netty
Product netty
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published July 21, 2026
Last update July 22, 2026

CVSS base score

8.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions 4.2.0.Final through 4.2.15.Final and 4.1.0.Final through 4.1.135.Final, any caller that can deliver bytes to a Netty channel pipeline containing `XmlDecoder` can send XML with a `DOCTYPE` declaration to an `AsyncXMLInputFactory` instantiated with no security configuration, leaving DTD and entity handling active depending on Aalto XML async parser behavior and creating conditional XML external entity risk. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 21, 2026 CVE published
July 22, 2026 Record updated

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