CVE-2026-25800
quinn: Quinn: Remote memory exhaustion via malformed QUIC stream fragments
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 24, 2026
Updated · October 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Quinn, a Rust implementation of the QUIC transport protocol. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted QUIC stream fragments with many gaps. This can lead to high buffer overhead in the Assembler component, causing memory exhaustion and a denial of service (DoS) for the receiving connection.
Statement
This is an Important denial of service vulnerability in the Quinn QUIC protocol implementation, which can lead to remote memory exhaustion. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted QUIC stream fragments with many gaps, causing excessive buffer overhead on the receiving connection.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling