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.
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
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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