CVE-2026-116540
MEDIUM
NVD
CVSS Score
5.9
Severity
MEDIUM
Published
Oct 26, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
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.
References
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/blob/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.83.Final/openssl-dynamic/src/main/c/sslcontext.c#L1365
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/commit/59662a8b07a9a7623ae1bc472f5751f31c81a118
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/releases/tag/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.84.Final
- https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/security/advisories/GHSA-mmc8-vg2v-fvvw