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TI-2026-29554 Aliases CVE-2026-40898GHSA-vvgj-x9jq-8cj9

quic-go: HTTP/3 QPACK Trailer Expansion Memory Exhaustion

Priority LOW 39CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 11 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. Prior to version 0.59.1, an attacker can cause excessive memory allocation in quic-go's HTTP/3 client and server implementations by sending a QPACK-encoded HEADERS frame that decodes into a large trailer field section with many unique field names and/or large values. The implementation builds an `http.Header` for the corresponding `http.Request` or `http.Response`, while only enforcing limits on the size of the QPACK-compressed HEADERS frame, not on the decoded field section. This can lead to memory exhaustion. This is very similar to CVE-2025-64702. The difference is that this issue uses HTTP trailers, rather than HTTP headers, as the attack vector. A misbehaving or malicious peer can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against quic-go's HTTP/3 servers or clients by triggering excessive memory allocation, potentially leading to crashes or resource exhaustion. This affects both servers and clients due to symmetric header construction. Version 0.59.1 enforces RFC 9114 decoded field section size limits for trailers as well. It incrementally decodes QPACK entries and checks the field section size after each entry, aborting the stream if an entry causes the limit to be exceeded.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00396 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial quic-go (quic-go): 0.59.1github.com/quic-go/quic-go (Go): 0.59.1Red Hat: 9 advisoriesRed Hat: 11 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
quic-goquic-gobefore 0.59.10.59.1Patch availableCNA
—github.com/quic-go/quic-go (Go)before 0.59.10.59.1Patch availableGHSA-vvgj-x9jq-8cj9
  • quic-go Vendorquic-go Affected before 0.59.1 Fixed in 0.59.1 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/quic-go/quic-go (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.59.1 Fixed in 0.59.1 Patch available GHSA-vvgj-x9jq-8cj9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:quic-go_project:quic-go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.59.1VulnerableQuic-go Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:quic-go_project:quic-go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.59.1 Vulnerable ·Quic-go Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA quic-go (quic-go) Fixed in 0.59.1
  • Fix · GHSA-vvgj-x9jq-8cj9 github.com/quic-go/quic-go (Go) Fixed in 0.59.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 9 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:62260 Released 2026-09-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30.0 Release.
    • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30 registry.redhat.io/devspaces/code-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/configbump-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/dashboard-rhel9 +7
  • RHSA-2026:53734 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Virtualization v4.21 Images
    • Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.21 registry.redhat.io/container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-apiserver-proxy-rhel9
  • RHSA-2026:50479 Released 2026-08-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9 +7
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  • RHSA-2026:50336 Released 2026-08-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10 receptor-1.6.7-1.el10ap, receptorctl-1.6.7-1.el10ap
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 automation-controller-4.7.15-2.el9ap, automation-controller-cli-4.7.15-2.el9ap, automation-controller-server-4.7.15-2.el9ap +15
  • RHSA-2026:50340 Released 2026-08-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Container Release Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-27/de-minimal-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-27/de-supported-rhel9 +7
  • RHSA-2026:50319 Released 2026-08-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 automation-controller-venv-tower-4.6.31-1.el8ap, automation-eda-controller-1.1.21-1.el8ap, automation-eda-controller-base-1.1.21-1.el8ap +11
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 automation-controller-venv-tower-4.6.31-1.el9ap, automation-eda-controller-1.1.21-1.el9ap, automation-eda-controller-base-1.1.21-1.el9ap +11
  • RHSA-2026:50318 Released 2026-08-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 10 receptor-1.6.7-1.el10ap
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 9 receptor-1.6.7-1.el9ap
  • RHSA-2026:40223 Released 2026-07-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images caddy-2.11.4-0.2.hum1@aarch64, caddy-2.11.4-0.2.hum1@src, caddy-2.11.4-0.2.hum1@x86_64
  • RHSA-2026:15862 Released 2026-05-09 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images trivy-0.69.3-1.2.hum1@aarch64, trivy-0.69.3-1.2.hum1@src, trivy-0.69.3-1.2.hum1@x86_64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2026:50319
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2026:50319
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6Fixed RHSA-2026:50479
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10Fixed RHSA-2026:50336
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2026:50336
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7Fixed RHSA-2026:50340
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 10Fixed RHSA-2026:50318
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2026:50318
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.21Fixed RHSA-2026:53734
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:15862, RHSA-2026:40223
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30Fixed RHSA-2026:62260
Not affected: 16 products
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 2
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 3
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 10
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Hardened Images
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.30
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40898
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvgj-x9jq-8cj9
  3. 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2024-14782 QUIC's Connection ID Mechanism vulnerable to Memory Exhaustion Attack CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-24866 quic-go vulnerable to pointer dereference that can lead to panic CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-17320 webtransport-go CloseWithError can block indefinitely CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-17319 webtransport-go affected by Memory Exhaustion Attack due to Missing Length Check in WT_CLOSE_SESSION Capsule CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-37061 quic-go has Client Crash Due to Premature HANDSHAKE_DONE Frame CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-21196 quic-go Has Panic in Path Probe Loss Recovery Handling CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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