Bug 2543261 (CVE-2026-84784) - CVE-2026-84784 openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via unbounded QUIC connection identifier backlog
Summary: CVE-2026-84784 openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via unbounded QUIC connect...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-84784
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2549218 2549219 2549220 2549221 2549222 2549223 2549224 2549225 2549226
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-09-29 15:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-11 12:01 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:98484 0 None None None 2026-11-11 12:01:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:98588 0 None None None 2026-11-11 11:25:20 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-29 15:55:36 UTC
Issue summary: A malicious remote peer may flood the local QUIC
stack with NEW_CONNECTION_ID frames by avoiding a limit check on
how many connection IDs the remote QUIC stack can use.

Impact summary: The local QUIC stack sends a RETIRE_CONN_ID frame
for every NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame it receives. The RETIRE_CONN_ID
frame is dispatched via the Control Frame Queue (CFQ). If the remote
peer also withholds ACKs, then it can force the local stack
to allocate ~400MB (depending on ACK delay).

CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Description: RFC 9000 sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 [1] describe the mechanism
by which a remote peer can notify the local QUIC stack to change the
destination connection ID (a.k.a. CID) the local stack uses to
identify the connection at the remote peer. Each CID is associated
with a sequence number. The sequence number is transmitted
in NEW_CONNECTION_ID and RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frames to identify the CID
which is being either associated with a connection or retired.

The remote peer sends a NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame to let the local stack know
a new CID is being associated with an existing connection. The
NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame carries the new CID, its sequence number, and the
retire-prior-to number. The retire-prior-to identifies existing
CIDs that are to be retired. The local QUIC stack must send a
RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID for every destination CID whose sequence number
is less than retire-prior-to. The CID becomes retired after the
local stack receives an ACK for its RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame.

Although the OpenSSL QUIC stack supports at most one destination CID
for every connection, it can be tricked into processing more than
one RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame per connection. The OpenSSL QUIC
stack currently retires the destination CID as soon as it receives
the NEW_CONNECTION_ID, while in fact the destination CID must
be retired after an ACK for the RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame is received.
Correcting the flawed logic also fixes the backlog growth.

[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000#name-issuing-connection-ids

FIPS impact: no
The FIPS module is not affected as the QUIC implementation is outside of
the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-11-11 11:25:16 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:98588 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98588

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-11-11 12:01:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:98484 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98484


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