Update dependency io.netty:netty-handler to v4.1.118.Final [SECURITY] (7.1.x) - autoclosed

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Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
io.netty:netty-handler (source)	4.1.115.Final -> 4.1.118.Final

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SslHandler doesn't correctly validate packets which can lead to native crash when using native SSLEngine

CVE-2025-24970 / GHSA-4g8c-wm8x-jfhw

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Details

Impact

When a special crafted packet is received via SslHandler it doesn't correctly handle validation of such a packet in all cases which can lead to a native crash.

Workarounds

As workaround its possible to either disable the usage of the native SSLEngine or changing the code from:

SslContext context = ...;
SslHandler handler = context.newHandler(....);

to:

SslContext context = ...;
SSLEngine engine = context.newEngine(....);
SslHandler handler = new SslHandler(engine, ....);

Severity

• CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
• Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

• https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-4g8c-wm8x-jfhw
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24970
• https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/87f40725155b2f89adfde68c7732f97c153676c4
• https://github.com/netty/netty
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0005
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24970-netty-vulnerability-detection
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-24970-netty-vulnerability-mitigation

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