{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v","published":"2022-12-12T21:24:29Z","modified":"2026-08-07T08:12:01.742703422Z","aliases":["CVE-2022-41881"],"summary":"HAProxyMessageDecoder Stack Exhaustion DoS","details":"### Impact\nA StackOverflowError can be raised when parsing a malformed crafted message due to an infinite recursion.\n\n### Patches\nUsers should upgrade to 4.1.86.Final.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no workaround, except using a custom HaProxyMessageDecoder.\n\n### References\nWhen parsing a TLV with type = PP2_TYPE_SSL, the value can be again a TLV with type = PP2_TYPE_SSL and so on.\nThe only limitation of the recursion is that the TLV length cannot be bigger than 0xffff because it is encoded in an unsigned short type.\nProviding a TLV with a nesting level that is large enough will lead to raising of a StackOverflowError.\nThe StackOverflowError will be caught if HAProxyMessageDecoder is used as part of Netty’s ChannelPipeline, but using it directly without the ChannelPipeline will lead to a thrown exception / crash.\n\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [netty](https://github.com/netty/netty)\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"io.netty:netty-codec-haproxy","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/io.netty/netty-codec-haproxy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.86.Final"}]}],"versions":["4.0.29.Final","4.0.30.Final","4.0.31.Final","4.0.32.Final","4.0.33.Final","4.0.34.Final","4.0.35.Final","4.0.36.Final","4.0.37.Final","4.0.38.Final","4.0.39.Final","4.0.40.Final","4.0.41.Final","4.0.42.Final","4.0.43.Final","4.0.44.Final","4.0.45.Final","4.0.46.Final","4.0.47.Final","4.0.48.Final","4.0.49.Final","4.0.50.Final","4.0.51.Final","4.0.52.Final","4.0.53.Final","4.0.54.Final","4.0.55.Final","4.0.56.Final","4.1.0.Beta1","4.1.0.Beta2","4.1.0.Beta3","4.1.0.Beta4","4.1.0.Beta5","4.1.0.Beta6","4.1.0.Beta7","4.1.0.Beta8","4.1.0.CR1","4.1.0.CR2","4.1.0.CR3","4.1.0.CR4","4.1.0.CR5","4.1.0.CR6","4.1.0.CR7","4.1.0.Final","4.1.1.Final","4.1.10.Final","4.1.11.Final","4.1.12.Final","4.1.13.Final","4.1.14.Final","4.1.15.Final","4.1.16.Final","4.1.17.Final","4.1.18.Final","4.1.19.Final","4.1.2.Final","4.1.20.Final","4.1.21.Final","4.1.22.Final","4.1.23.Final","4.1.24.Final","4.1.25.Final","4.1.26.Final","4.1.27.Final","4.1.28.Final","4.1.29.Final","4.1.3.Final","4.1.30.Final","4.1.31.Final","4.1.32.Final","4.1.33.Final","4.1.34.Final","4.1.35.Final","4.1.36.Final","4.1.37.Final","4.1.38.Final","4.1.39.Final","4.1.4.Final","4.1.40.Final","4.1.41.Final","4.1.42.Final","4.1.43.Final","4.1.44.Final","4.1.45.Final","4.1.46.Final","4.1.47.Final","4.1.48.Final","4.1.49.Final","4.1.5.Final","4.1.50.Final","4.1.51.Final","4.1.52.Final","4.1.53.Final","4.1.54.Final","4.1.55.Final","4.1.56.Final","4.1.57.Final","4.1.58.Final","4.1.59.Final","4.1.6.Final","4.1.60.Final","4.1.61.Final","4.1.62.Final","4.1.63.Final","4.1.64.Final","4.1.65.Final","4.1.66.Final","4.1.67.Final","4.1.68.Final","4.1.69.Final","4.1.7.Final","4.1.70.Final","4.1.71.Final","4.1.72.Final","4.1.73.Final","4.1.74.Final","4.1.75.Final","4.1.76.Final","4.1.77.Final","4.1.78.Final","4.1.79.Final","4.1.8.Final","4.1.80.Final","4.1.81.Final","4.1.82.Final","4.1.83.Final","4.1.84.Final","4.1.85.Final","4.1.9.Final"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/12/GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v/GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41881"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/netty/netty"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0004"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-674"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2022-12-12T21:24:29Z","nvd_published_at":"2022-12-12T18:15:00Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}