Description
uTLS is a fork of crypto/tls, created to customize ClientHello for fingerprinting resistance while still using it for the handshake. In versions 1.6.7 and below, uTLS did not implement the TLS 1.3 downgrade protection mechanism specified in RFC 8446 Section 4.1.3 when using a uTLS ClientHello spec. This allowed an active network adversary to downgrade TLS 1.3 connections initiated by a uTLS client to a lower TLS version (e.g., TLS 1.2) by modifying the ClientHello message to exclude the SupportedVersions extension, causing the server to respond with a TLS 1.2 ServerHello (along with a downgrade canary in the ServerHello random field). Because uTLS did not check the downgrade canary in the ServerHello random field, clients would accept the downgraded connection without detecting the attack. This attack could also be used by an active network attacker to fingerprint uTLS connections. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| refraction-networking | utls | < 1.7.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-refraction-networking-utls | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | nuclei | 3.4.2-r2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/refraction-networking/utls | < 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96 |
| Go | github.com/refraction-networking/utls | >= 1.0.0, < 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | GO-2025-3638 |