CVE-2026-56817 (GCVE-0-2026-56817)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-21 22:06
Modified
2026-07-22 15:42
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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