CVE-2026-42764

EUVD-2026-35481
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
opensslCNA
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
< 4.0.1
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.6.3
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.7
CNA
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bookworm
3.0.20-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
3.0.19-1~deb12u2
fixed
bullseye
1.1.1w-0+deb11u1
fixed
bullseye (security)
1.1.1w-0+deb11u7
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
questing
Fixed 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4
released
resolute
Fixed 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2
released
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
openssl-fips
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
questing
dne
resolute
dne
openssl1.0
bionic
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
questing
dne
resolute
dne
nodejs
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
needed
noble
not-affected
questing
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
edk2
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
questing
not-affected
resolute
needs-triage