CVE-2026-75804
Published:September 29, 2026
Updated:October 15, 2026
Issue summary: OpenSSL QUIC stack does not enforce connection
level flow control for streams. Remote peers may send more bytes
as long as they fit within the stream flow control limits.
Impact summary: A malicious remote peer may exploit the lack of connection
flow control for streams to make the QUIC stack receive ~100MB of memory
instead of 768 KiB (default flow control window size).
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Description: The local QUIC stack advertises two flow control limits
to its remote peer: stream flow control limit and connection flow
control limit. The remote peer must follow both limits when transmitting
stream data.
Whenever the local QUIC stack receives a stream frame, it validates
that the size of the received stream frame stays within flow control limits.
If either limit is exceeded (stream level or connection level), then
the QUIC stack must close the connection with a flow control error.
The vulnerable OpenSSL QUIC stack enforces the stream-level but not
the connection-level limit. To exploit the issue, three conditions must be met:
- the remote peer opens several streams
- each stream must stay within the stream-level flow control limit
- there must be no zero-offset byte sent on any of the streams
(to prevent the vulnerable QUIC stack from consuming data).
By meeting the conditions above, the remote peer may make the local stack
allocate 2 x MAX_STREAMS x (stream flow control limit) bytes
of memory. MAX_STREAMS defaults to 100, and the limit applies to both
bidirectional and unidirectional streams, making it 200 in total. The default
flow control window for a stream is 512kB. The remote peer may
force the vulnerable QUIC stack to allocate 100MB of heap per connection.
FIPS impact: no
The FIPS module is not affected as the QUIC implementation is outside of
the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Affected Packages
openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.4.0 <3.4.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.4.8openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.5.0 <3.5.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.5.9openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.1 <4.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.3openssl (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=3.6.0 <3.6.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.6.5openssl (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.1 <4.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.3openssl (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=3.6.0 <3.6.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.6.5openssl (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=3.4.0 <3.4.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.4.8openssl (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=3.5.0 <3.5.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.5.9https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.6.0-alpha1 <openssl-3.6.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.6.5https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.4.0-alpha1 <openssl-3.4.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.4.8https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-4.0.0-alpha1 <openssl-4.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-4.0.3https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=openssl-3.5.0-alpha1 <openssl-3.5.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version openssl-3.5.9Related Resources (7)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
EPSS
Base Score:
0.35