Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| quic-go | quic-go | < 0.59.1 | — |
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-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | caddy | 2.11.4-0.2.hum1 | RHSA-2026:40223 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | trivy | 0.69.3-1.2.hum1 | RHSA-2026:15862 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Inside 2 | receptor +1 | 1.6.7-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319, RHSA-2026:50318 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 | automation-controller +1 | 4.7.15-2.el9ap | RHSA-2026:50336 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 | receptor +1 | 1.6.7-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | automation-controller +3 | 4.7.15-2.el9ap | RHSA-2026:50336 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | automation-controller-venv-tower | 4.6.31-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | automation-eda-controller +4 | 1.1.21-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | automation-gateway-proxy +1 | 2.5.10-7.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | python3.12-aiohttp | 3.14.1-2.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | python3.12-daphne | 4.2.2-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | python3.12-pillow | 12.3.0-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | python3.12-pyasn1 | 0.6.4-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | receptor +1 | 1.6.7-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:50336, RHSA-2026:50319, RHSA-2026:50318 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | coredns-1.13 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Wolfi rolling | coredns-1.14 +1 | 1.14.4-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | dkron | 4.1.1-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | frp | 0.69.1-r2 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | ipfs-cluster | 1.1.6-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | jitsucom-bulker-bulker +4 | 2.11.913-r36 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | jitsucom-bulker-sidecar-compat | 2.15.0-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | k3s +1 | 1.36.1.1-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | k3s-1.32 +1 | 1.32.13.1-r22 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | k3s-1.34 +1 | 1.34.6.1-r15 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | k3s-1.35 +1 | 1.35.3.1-r15 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | k8s_gateway | 1.8.0-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kargo | 1.10.5-r2 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kube-metrics-adapter | 0.2.9-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubernetes-dns-node-cache | 1.26.8-r8 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubo | 0.41.0-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kyverno-policy-reporter | 3.7.4-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kyverno-policy-reporter-ui | 2.5.2-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | opentelemetry-operator-otel-allocator | 0.152.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | q | 0.19.12-r11 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | spegel | 0.7.1-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | teleport-18.6 +1 | 18.6.8-r26 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | traefik-3.6 | 3.6.19-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | traefik-3.7 | 3.7.3-r1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/quic-go/quic-go | < 0.59.1 | 0.59.1 | GHSA-vvgj-x9jq-8cj9 |
Advisories 7
- RHSA-2026:15862 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- RHSA-2026:50319 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:50336 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:50318 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 10, 2026
- RHSA-2026:40223 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 10, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-2650 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (quic-go): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 1, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026