openssl: QUIC server may trigger double free when processing INITIAL packet

A flaw was found in OpenSSL. A malformed INITIAL packet with an invalid DCID destination connection ID can cause the QUIC server to double free the QRX object. This issue leads to memory corruption, causing the termination of the QUIC server process and resulting in a denial of service...

openssl: QUIC server may trigger double free when processing INITIAL packet

A flaw was found in OpenSSL. A malformed INITIAL packet with an invalid DCID destination connection ID can cause the QUIC server to double free the QRX object. This issue leads to memory corruption, causing the termination of the QUIC server process and resulting in a denial of service...

CVE-2026-18798

A flaw was found in OpenSSL. A malformed INITIAL packet with an invalid DCID destination connection ID can cause the QUIC server to double free the QRX object. This issue leads to memory corruption, causing the termination of the QUIC server process and resulting in a denial of service. Mitigatio...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18798

Issue summary: QUIC server may double free QRX QUIC record layer RX object when channel creation fails for initial packet. Impact summary: Double free leads to heap corruption, which typically results in termination of QUIC server process, leading to Denial of Service. There is so far no evidence...

CVE-2026-18798

Issue summary: QUIC server may double free QRX QUIC record layer RX object when channel creation fails for initial packet. Impact summary: Double free leads to heap corruption, which typically results in termination of QUIC server process, leading to Denial of Service. There is so far no evidence...

openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via unbounded memory growth in QUIC server

A flaw was found in OpenSSL. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a large number of QUIC Initial packets to an OpenSSL QUIC server. This can cause the server to allocate and queue new incoming channels without limit, leading to unbounded memory growth. The excessive memory consumption...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-14456

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Issue summary: When an OpenSSL QUIC server Listener SSL object processes valid QUIC Initial packets for unknown destination connection IDs, it can allocate and...

CVE-2026-14456

Issue summary: When an OpenSSL QUIC server Listener SSL object processes valid QUIC Initial packets for unknown destination connection IDs, it can allocate and queue new incoming channels without enforcing any limit. Impact summary: A remote peer that can make many Initial packets reach the serve...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14456

Issue summary: When an OpenSSL QUIC server Listener SSL object processes valid QUIC Initial packets for unknown destination connection IDs, it can allocate and queue new incoming channels without enforcing any limit. Impact summary: A remote peer that can make many Initial packets reach the serve...

CVE-2026-14456 Unbounded Memory Growth in QUIC Server Incoming Channel Queue

Issue summary: When an OpenSSL QUIC server Listener SSL object processes valid QUIC Initial packets for unknown destination connection IDs, it can allocate and queue new incoming channels without enforcing any limit. Impact summary: A remote peer that can make many Initial packets reach the serve...

CVE-2026-14456 Unbounded Memory Growth in QUIC Server Incoming Channel Queue

Issue summary: When an OpenSSL QUIC server Listener SSL object processes valid QUIC Initial packets for unknown destination connection IDs, it can allocate and queue new incoming channels without enforcing any limit. Impact summary: A remote peer that can make many Initial packets reach the serve...

CVE-2026-14456

Summary of CVE-2026-14456 : OpenSSL’s QUIC server (Listener SSL object) can allocate and queue new incoming channels for valid QUIC Initial packets with unknown destination Connection IDs, potentially growing memory usage without limits and causing a Denial of Service. The root cause is handling ...

JLSEC-2026-1136 Issue summary: Remote peer may exhaust heap memory of the QUIC server or client by flooding it...

Issue summary: Remote peer may exhaust heap memory of the QUIC server or client by flooding it with packets containing PATHCHALLENGE frames. Impact summary: A malicious remote peer can cause an unbounded memory allocation which can lead to an abnormal termination of the application acting as a QU...

SUSE CVE-2026-42764

Issue summary: Receiving a QUIC initial packet with an invalid token may trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the OpenSSL QUIC server with address validation disabled. Impact summary: NULL pointer dereference typically causes abnormal termination of the affected QUIC server process and a Denial ...

openssl security update

An update is available for openssl. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transpo...

CVE-2026-44894

Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. NoQuicTokenHandler is the tokenHandler used when the application does not set one. Prior to version 4.2.15.Final, its writeToken returns false server will not send Retry — acceptable, but validateToken...

RockyLinux 9 : openssl (RLSA-2026:25239)

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:25239 advisory. openssl: OpenSSL: Heap buffer overflow due to signed integer overflow in Unicode output sizing CVE-2026-7383 openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to...

openssl: NULL pointer dereference in QUIC server initial packet handling

A flaw was found in the OpenSSL QUIC Quick UDP Internet Connections server. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted QUIC initial packet with an invalid token. If the server's address validation is explicitly disabled, this could lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the server...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-8414-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8414-1 advisory. Frank Buss discovered that OpenSSL had a heap buffer over-read in ASN.1 content parsing. An attacker could possibly use...

CVE-2026-42764

A flaw was found in the OpenSSL QUIC Quick UDP Internet Connections server. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted QUIC initial packet with an invalid token. If the server's address validation is explicitly disabled, this could lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the server...