Denial of service in quinn-proto when using `Endpoint::retry()`
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Quinn is a pure-Rust, async-compatible implementation of the IETF QUIC transport protocol. As of quinn-proto 0.11, it is possible for a server to `accept()`, `retry()`, `refuse()`, or `ignore()` an `Incoming` connection. However, calling `retry()` on an unvalidated connection exposes the server to a likely panic in the following situations: 1. Calling `refuse` or `ignore` on the resulting validated connection, if a duplicate initial packet is received. This issue can go undetected until a server's `refuse()`/`ignore()` code path is exercised, such as to stop a denial of service attack. 2. Accepting when the initial packet for the resulting validated connection fails to decrypt or exhausts connection IDs, if a similar initial packet that successfully decrypts and doesn't exhaust connection IDs is received. This issue can go undetected if clients are well-behaved. The former situation was observed in a real application, while the latter is only theoretical.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quinn-rs | quinn | 0.11.0 to before 0.11.7 | 0.11.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | quinn-proto (crates.io) | 0.11.0 to before 0.11.7 | 0.11.7 | Patch available | GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8 |
- quinn Vendorquinn-rs Affected 0.11.0 to before 0.11.7 Fixed in 0.11.7 Patch available CNA
- quinn-proto (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.11.0 to before 0.11.7 Fixed in 0.11.7 Patch available GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:quinn_project:quinn:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* | 0.11.0 to before 0.11.4 | Vulnerable | Quinn Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:quinn_project:quinn:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions 0.11.0 to before 0.11.4 Vulnerable ·Quinn Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA quinn (quinn-rs) Fixed in 0.11.7
- Fix · GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8 quinn-proto (crates.io) Fixed in 0.11.7 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45311
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8
References
Advisory 2
More quinn-rs vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-24365 Quinn affected by unauthenticated remote DoS via panic in QUIC transport parameter parsing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-20864 quinn-proto has remote memory exhaustion from unbounded out-of-order stream reassembly CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-45311 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45311 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-45311 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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