UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42579

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final, Netty's DNS codec does not enforce RFC 1035 domain name constraints during either encoding or decoding. This creates a bidirectional attack surface: malicious DNS responses can exploit t...

CVE-2026-42579

Summary: CVE-2026-42579 affects the Netty framework’s DNS codec. Affected versions: prior to 4.2.13.Final and 4.1.133.Final. Root cause: DNS encoding/decoding did not enforce RFC 1035 domain name constraints. Impact: potential bidirectional attack surface via malicious DNS responses (decoder) or ...