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Limit handshake messages we are willing to accept post-handshake in crypto/tls

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Handshake messages, such as KeyUpdate, are always considered as state-advancing, regardless of whether a handshake has been completed or not. As a result, a malicious client can keep sending KeyUpdate messages to force the server to keep performing key derivation operations indefinitely.

Products
stdlib
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.25.13, 1.26.6, 1.27.0-rc.3
CVEs
CVE-2026-56862
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 09:36 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Limit handshake messages we are willing to accept post-handshake in crypto/tls

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Aug 2026, 21:43 UTC

Handshake messages, such as KeyUpdate, are always considered as state-advancing, regardless of whether a handshake has been completed or not. As a result, a malicious client can keep sending KeyUpdate messages to force the server to keep performing key derivation operations indefinitely.

osv:GO-2026-6090

stdlib

Fixed versions: 1.25.13, 1.26.6, 1.27.0-rc.3

Complete source record
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