Potential CPU DoS via O(n^2) Fragment Reassembly in QUIC
CVE-2026-42772 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7, released September 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Issue summary: The QUIC stream reassembly algorithm performance deteriorates progressively as packets are arriving out of order. The worst case has a quadratic complexity proportional to the number of stream frames kept in the buffer for the received stream data. Impact summary: A remote QUIC peer that completes the handshake can create a connection-scoped CPU pressure and potentially a Denial of Service using compliant STREAM frames inside the advertised receive window, with low attacker bandwidth. CWE: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Description: OpenSSL manages received QUIC stream fragments using a doubly-linked list. While it optimizes for append operations (at the end of the list), it falls back to a head-to-tail linear search for any fragment that does not immediately follow the current `tail`. By manipulating the sequence of offsets, an attacker can force the server to perform O(n^2) operations, consuming excessive CPU time for the QUIC process. FIPS impact: no The FIPS module is not affected as the QUIC implementation is outside of the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7 | libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 3.5.7-1~deb13u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42772 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| openssl · Debian 14 | 3.6.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42772 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7 | openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| openssl · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-fips-provider-latest · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7 | openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.7 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| openssl-snapsafe-libs · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-3204 | Nov 7, 2026 |
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