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CVE-2026-42772

Published: September 30, 2026Last modified: October 7, 2026

Description

Issue summary: The QUIC stream reassembly algorithm performance deteriorates progressively as packets are arriving out of order. The worst case has a quadratic complexity proportional to the number of stream frames kept in the buffer for the received stream data. Impact summary: A remote QUIC peer that completes the handshake can create a connection-scoped CPU pressure and potentially a Denial of Service using compliant STREAM frames inside the advertised receive window, with low attacker bandwidth. CWE: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Description: OpenSSL manages received QUIC stream fragments using a doubly-linked list. While it optimizes for append operations (at the end of the list), it falls back to a head-to-tail linear search for any fragment that does not immediately follow the current `tail`. By manipulating the sequence of offsets, an attacker can force the server to perform O(n^2) operations, consuming excessive CPU time for the QUIC process. FIPS impact: no The FIPS module is not affected as the QUIC implementation is outside of the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Severity score breakdown

ParameterValue
Base score5.3
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredNONE
User interactionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
Integrity impactNONE
Availability impactLOW
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Status

ProductReleasePackageStatus
Alpaquita Linux23 LTSopensslNot affected (3.0.8-r4)
25 LTSopensslFixed (3.5.9-r0)
StreamopensslFixed (3.5.9-r0)
Hardened Containers23 LTSopensslNot affected (3.0.8-r4)
25 LTSopensslFixed (3.5.9-r0)
StreamopensslFixed (3.5.9-r0)

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