DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14456
Issue summary: When an OpenSSL QUIC server (Listener SSL object) processes valid QUIC Initial packets for unknown destination connection IDs, it can allocate and queue new incoming channels without enforcing any limit. Impact summary: A remote peer that can make many Initial packets reach the server listener faster than the application accepts connections, can cause the memory allocated to store the per-channel state to grow without any limits, potentially making the QUIC listener unavailable and causing Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Description: The function that handles inbound QUIC packets uses Connection-Id from the packet header to find an existing connection (QUIC channel). If no existing connection is found and the packet type is INITIAL, the function treats the packet as a new connection. It allocates a new channel object and inserts it into a queue where it waits to be accepted by the local application with SSL_accept(3ossl). The memory occupied by these initial channel objects may grow without bounds if the application is not able to call SSL_accept() frequently enough to serve these inbound connection requests. The issue is present since OpenSSL 3.5 when the QUIC server implementation was added. The fix introduces a limit for pending connections. The default limit is set to 256 pending connections (waiting to be accepted by the local application). Applications may change the default by calling SSL_set_value_ui
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14456
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-14456
openssl
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 3.5.1-1
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/affected/0/versions3.5.1-1+deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.2-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.3-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.4-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.4-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.4-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.5-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.5-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.5-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.6-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.6-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions3.5.7-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 3.5.7-1~deb13u2
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/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
openssl
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 3.5.1-1
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.2-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.3-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.4-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.4-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.4-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.5-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.5-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.5-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.6-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.6-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.7-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.7-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.5.7-1~deb13u3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.0-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.0-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.0~~alpha1-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.0~~beta1-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.1-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.1-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.1-3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.2-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions3.6.3-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- 3.6.4-1
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/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
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