CVE-2026-35191

EUVD-2026-89002
Issue summary: The OpenSSL QUIC server, when configured to not preform address
validation, can be forced to count incoming packets multiple times in its
unvalidated credit computation, leading to a violation of the RFC 9000
unvalidated connection amplification limit of 3 times the amount of data
received.

Impact summary: A remote attacker able to spoof packets to a server using the
OpenSSL QUIC implementation might use the server for an amplification of
a DDoS attack.

CWE: CWE-440: Expected Behavior Violation 

Description: OpenSSL's QUIC stack, when operating as a server, enforces client
address validation (RFC 9000, Section 8), to confirm the peer address is not
used for a traffic amplification attack.  If this feature is disabled on the
server, the QUIC stack limits the amount of server data that can be sent to 3
times the amount of data received from the peer address, until such time as the
TLS handshake is completed.

The OpenSSL QUIC server, when operating in non-validation mode, adds the
length of the whole datagram received to the unvalidated credit limit when
processing each QUIC packet in the datagram. A remote peer may,
after establishing a connection with an initial client hello frame, send a
subsequent datagram containing multiple QUIC packets, leading the server to
account the entire datagram length for each packet in the datagram, resulting
in the server believing that the peer has sent more data than it actually has,
thereby violating the 3x amplification limit mandated by the RFC.

FIPS impact: no
As the QUIC stack lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS modules
are affected by this CVE.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
opensslCNA
UNKNOWN
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
opensslopenssl
4.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.0.3
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.6.5
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.9
CNA
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bookworm
3.0.20-1~deb12u2
fixed
bookworm (security)
3.0.22-1~deb12u1
fixed
forky
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
openssl
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
needed
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
openssl-fips
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
dne
openssl1.0
bionic
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
dne
nodejs
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
needed
noble
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
edk2
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
needed
xenial
not-affected
edk2-hwe
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
needed