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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-42764 EUVD-2026-35481GHSA-5pg7-f6xv-j6m4

NULL Pointer Dereference in QUIC Server Initial Packet Handling

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by openssl

Description

Issue summary: Receiving a QUIC initial packet with an invalid token may
trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the OpenSSL QUIC server with
address validation disabled.

Impact summary: NULL pointer dereference typically causes abnormal termination
of the affected QUIC server process and a Denial of Service.

If the address validation is disabled in the OpenSSL QUIC server
implementation, an attacker can crash the server by sending an initial
packet with an invalid or expired token.

By default, the client address validation is enabled in the OpenSSL QUIC server
implementation, which makes the default configuration not vulnerable
to this issue. However if the SSL_LISTENER_FLAG_NO_VALIDATE is used with
the SSL_new_listener() call, the address validation is disabled making the
vulnerable code reachable.

The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this
issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenSSL OpenSSL 4.0.0 – < 4.0.1, 3.6.0 – < 3.6.3, 3.5.0 – < 3.5.7 4.0.1

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openssl 3.6.3-1 —
Debian 13 openssl 3.5.6-1~deb13u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 —
Ubuntu 25.10 openssl 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 RHSA-2026:25237
RHEL 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RHSA-2026:25239
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 bootupd +1 0.3.2-1.hum1 RHSA-2026:67551
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 chunkah 0.6.0-3.hum1 RHSA-2026:42825
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 openssl +10 3.5.8-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:59641, RHSA-2026:59635
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 python-cryptography +1 50.0.0-1.hum1 RHSA-2026:55543
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 ruby3.3 +5 3.3.10-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 ruby3.4 +5 3.4.10-31.7.hum1 RHSA-2026:62790
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 ruby4.0 +5 4.0.6-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-bigdecimal 3.1.5-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-bundler 2.5.22-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-devel +1 3.5.22-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-io-console 0.7.1-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-irb 1.13.1-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-json 2.7.2-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-minitest 5.20.0-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-power_assert 2.0.3-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-psych 5.1.2-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-racc 1.7.3-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-rake 13.1.0-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-rbs 3.4.0-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-rdoc 6.6.3.1-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-rexml 3.4.4-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-rss 0.3.1-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-test-unit 3.6.1-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem3.3-typeprof 0.21.9-23.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:62562
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-bigdecimal 4.0.1-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-devel +2 4.0.16-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-io-console 0.8.2-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-irb 1.16.0-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-json 2.18.0-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-minitest 6.0.0-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-power_assert 3.0.1-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-psych 5.3.1-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-racc 1.8.1-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-rake 13.3.1-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-rbs 3.10.0-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-rdoc 7.0.4-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-rexml 3.4.4-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-rss 0.3.2-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-test-unit 3.7.5-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rubygem4.0-typeprof 0.31.1-37.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:62563

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:25237
AlmaLinux 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 ALSA-2026:25239

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 openssl 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 RLSA-2026:25237
Rocky Linux 9 openssl 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RLSA-2026:25239
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 nodejs24 24.18.1-150700.15.18.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3835-1
SLES 15 SP7 openssl 3.5.0-150700.3.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3835-1
SLES 15 SP7 openssl-3 3.5.0-150700.5.45.2 SUSE-SU-2026:3835-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22315-1
SLES 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22315-1
SLE Micro 6.2 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22251-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-3 3.5.3-6.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11023-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21005-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 openssl 3.5.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 openssl 3.5.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 openssl 3.5.7-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 openssl +5 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-25237
Oracle Linux 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-50379, ELSA-2026-25239

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling openssl +1 3.6.3-r0 —
Wolfi rolling openssl-4.0 +2 4.0.1-r0 —

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