CVE-2026-34183

Unbounded Memory Growth in the QUIC PATH_CHALLENGE Handler

CVE-2026-34183 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2026:71542, released March 12, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.1
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0105
64th percentile

Issue summary: Remote peer may exhaust heap memory of the QUIC server or client by flooding it with packets containing PATH_CHALLENGE frames. Impact summary: A malicious remote peer can cause an unbounded memory allocation which can lead to an abnormal termination of the application acting as a QUIC client or server and a Denial of Service. A remote peer may exhaust heap memory by flooding the local QUIC stack with PATH_CHALLENGE frames. The local QUIC stack allocates a PATH_RESPONSE frame for every PATH_CHALLENGE it receives. The allocated PATH_RESPONSE frame gets freed only when the remote peer acknowledges reception of the PATH_RESPONSE frame which will not be done by a malicious peer. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this issue. The QUIC stack is outside of OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 libssl3t64 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 Jun 24, 2026
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 Jun 8, 2026
openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.5.6-1~deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34183 Jun 24, 2026
openssl · Debian 14 3.6.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34183 Jun 24, 2026
openssl · RHEL 10 3.2.2-16.el10_0.7 RHSA-2026:71542 Mar 12, 2026
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RHSA-2026:25239 Jun 24, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 openssl 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 Jun 24, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 Jun 8, 2026
openssl · almalinux 10 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:25237 Jun 11, 2026
openssl · almalinux 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 ALSA-2026:25239 Jun 11, 2026
openssl · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl · ol 10 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-25237 Jul 28, 2026
openssl · ol 9 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-25239 Jun 23, 2026
openssl · rocky 10 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 RLSA-2026:25237 Jun 13, 2026
openssl · rocky 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RLSA-2026:25239 Jun 13, 2026
openssl-3 · opensuse-leap 16.0 3.5.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21005-1 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-3 · sles 15.7 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2648-1 Jun 26, 2026
openssl-3 · sles 16.0 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22315-1 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-devel · RHEL 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RHSA-2026:25239 Jun 24, 2026
openssl-devel · almalinux 10 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:25237 Jun 11, 2026
openssl-devel · almalinux 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 ALSA-2026:25239 Jun 11, 2026
openssl-devel · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-devel · ol 10 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-25237 Jul 28, 2026
openssl-devel · ol 9 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-25239 Jun 23, 2026
openssl-fips-provider-latest · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-libs · RHEL 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RHSA-2026:25239 Jun 24, 2026
openssl-libs · almalinux 10 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:25237 Jun 11, 2026
openssl-libs · almalinux 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 ALSA-2026:25239 Jun 11, 2026
openssl-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-libs · ol 10 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-25237 Jul 28, 2026
openssl-libs · ol 9 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-25239 Jun 23, 2026
openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-perl · RHEL 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RHSA-2026:25239 Jun 24, 2026
openssl-perl · almalinux 10 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:25237 Jun 11, 2026
openssl-perl · almalinux 9 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 ALSA-2026:25239 Jun 11, 2026
openssl-perl · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-perl · ol 10 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-25237 Jul 28, 2026
openssl-perl · ol 9 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-25239 Jun 23, 2026
openssl-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 Jun 24, 2026
openssl-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 Jun 8, 2026
openssl-snapsafe-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026
openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853 Jun 22, 2026

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