CVE-2026-56740
JLine is a Java library for handling console input. Prior to 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1, the JLine3 Telnet server remote-telnet module does not limit the number of environment variables a client may inject via the Telnet NEW-ENVIRON option, and TelnetIO.readNEVariables() in TelnetIO.java:1127-1180 stores each variable pair in a HashMap held by ConnectionData, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to flood unique variable pairs before the terminating IAC SE byte and exhaust JVM heap memory with an OutOfMemoryError. This issue is fixed in versions 3.30.14, 4.0.16, and 4.2.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- jline:jline
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-47qp-hqvx-6r3f | Maven | org.jline:jline-remote-telnet | >=4.1.0 <4.2.1 | 4.2.1 |
| GHSA-47qp-hqvx-6r3f | Maven | org.jline:jline-remote-telnet | >=4.0.0 <4.0.16 | 4.0.16 |
| GHSA-47qp-hqvx-6r3f | Maven | org.jline:jline-remote-telnet | <3.30.14 | 3.30.14 |
References
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/0389f0ee6d0375901b602671ad5dafd4d1d4ee09
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/4ee3a73849ffb9a85ec748e4e8cd8f6d81f84f40
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/commit/934f09e6128cee33c2b13d42b6e859c1ee2d194b
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/pull/2000
- https://github.com/jline/jline3/pull/2001