{"id":"CVE-2026-116540","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-116540","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:59:14.607Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-10-26T16:17:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T17:17:27.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS: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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00459,"percentile":0.39584,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-27","score":0.00459,"percentile":0.39584}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-26T16:17:19.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.2","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T16:17:19.377Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.2)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/blob/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.83.Final/openssl-dynamic/src/main/c/sslcontext.c#L1365","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/commit/59662a8b07a9a7623ae1bc472f5751f31c81a118","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/releases/tag/netty-tcnative-parent-2.0.84.Final","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/netty/netty-tcnative/security/advisories/GHSA-mmc8-vg2v-fvvw","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netty-tcnative-2.0.66-final-before-2.0.84-final-use-after-free-in-session-ticket-callback","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116540","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}