CVE-2026-44435 (GCVE-0-2026-44435)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-16 22:39 – Updated: 2026-07-17 13:02
VLAI
Title
Quicly: Remote Denial of Service via assertion failure when CRYPTO stream handshake data exceeds 32KB
Summary
Quicly is an IETF QUIC protocol implementation intended primarily for use within the H2O HTTP server. Prior to commit 937d0e9, an assertion failure is raised when the total number of valid handshake messages received over a CRYPTO stream of a single packet number space exceeds 32KB, causing a Denial of Service. This issue has been fixed by commit 937d0e9.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
h2o quicly Affected: < 937d0e9
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