CVE-2026-116540 (GCVE-0-2026-116540)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-26 14:59
Modified
2026-10-26 16:15
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Summary
netty-tcnative 2.0.66.Final before 2.0.84.Final built against OpenSSL 3.x contains a use-after-free vulnerability in ssl_tlsext_ticket_key_cb during session ticket key rotation. Remote clients performing TLS handshakes while setSessionTicketKeys0 frees the shared key array cause OpenSSL to read freed HMAC keys, crashing or corrupting ticket processing.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netty netty-tcnative Version: 2.0.66.Final   < 2.0.84.Final
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