Advisory severityMedium5.7Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-56821] Improper certificate revocation check in netty-handler-ssl-ocsp

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-56821 affecting Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4, Red Hat Data Grid 8, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack.

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CVE-2026-56821 Source published Jul 9, 2026Source updated Jul 9, 2026

VulniPulse record published Jul 28, 2026Record updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2026-56821

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework.

Prior to versions 4.1.136.Final and 4.2.16.Final, the OcspServerCertificateValidator flags an out-of-date OCSP response but does not stop processing it, so an expired GOOD response is still reported as VALID, letting an on-path attacker replay a stale GOOD response to bypass revocation of a since-revoked certificate.

Any application using OcspServerCertificateValidator is affected; a revoked certificate can be accepted. A flaw was found in netty-handler-ssl-ocsp, a component of the Netty network application framework.

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) stapling validator in this component does not properly check certificate revocation status. This can allow an attacker to use revoked certificates without detection, potentially compromising secure communications.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N). Weakness: CWE-93.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4; Red Hat Data Grid 8; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected versions

< 4.1.136.Final
< 4.2.16.Final

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Fixed versions

4.1.136
4.2.16

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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