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"dateReserved": "2026-09-02T10:14:02.262Z",
"datePublished": "2026-09-29T15:32:25.758Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-09-29T16:44:09.766Z"
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"value": "Issue summary: A malicious remote peer may flood the local QUIC<br>stack with NEW_CONNECTION_ID frames by avoiding a limit check on<br>how many connection IDs the remote QUIC stack can use.<br><br>Impact summary: The local QUIC stack sends a RETIRE_CONN_ID frame<br>for every NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame it receives. The RETIRE_CONN_ID<br>frame is dispatched via the Control Frame Queue (CFQ). If the remote<br>peer also withholds ACKs, then it can force the local stack<br>to allocate ~400MB (depending on ACK delay).<br><br>CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling<br><br>Description: RFC 9000 sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 [1] describe the mechanism<br>by which a remote peer can notify the local QUIC stack to change the<br>destination connection ID (a.k.a. CID) the local stack uses to<br>identify the connection at the remote peer. Each CID is associated<br>with a sequence number. The sequence number is transmitted<br>in NEW_CONNECTION_ID and RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frames to identify the CID<br>which is being either associated with a connection or retired.<br><br>The remote peer sends a NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame to let the local stack know<br>a new CID is being associated with an existing connection. The<br>NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame carries the new CID, its sequence number, and the<br>retire-prior-to number. The retire-prior-to identifies existing<br>CIDs that are to be retired. The local QUIC stack must send a<br>RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID for every destination CID whose sequence number<br>is less than retire-prior-to. The CID becomes retired after the<br>local stack receives an ACK for its RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame.<br><br>Although the OpenSSL QUIC stack supports at most one destination CID<br>for every connection, it can be tricked into processing more than<br>one RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame per connection. The OpenSSL QUIC<br>stack currently retires the destination CID as soon as it receives<br>the NEW_CONNECTION_ID, while in fact the destination CID must<br>be retired after an ACK for the RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame is received.<br>Correcting the flawed logic also fixes the backlog growth.<br><br>[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000#name-issuing-connection-ids<br><br>FIPS impact: no<br>The FIPS module is not affected as the QUIC implementation is outside of<br>the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary."
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"timestamp": "2026-09-29T16:43:47.766260Z",
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