8.2
High
netty-tcnative 2.0.66.Final before 2.0.84.Final built against OpenSSL 3.x contains a use-after-free vulnerability in ssltlsextticketkeycb…
CVE-2026-116540
netty-tcnative 2.0.66.Final before 2.0.84.Final built against OpenSSL 3.x contains a use-after-free vulnerability in ssltlsextticketkeycb 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.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.2 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 26 October 2026
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
At the source
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
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netty-tcnative-2.0.66-final-before-2.0.84-final-use-after-free-in-session-ticket-callback
Query this programmatically
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