RUSTSEC-2026-0339 GHSA-hmxj-32vh-65vr
Unbounded growth of pending connection ID retirements in quinn-proto
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- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
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- Not classified
- Fix
0.11.17- Upgrade quinn-proto to this version or later
Description
When processing a NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame, quinn-proto queues a RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frame for each connection ID that the peer asked it to retire. The normal path bounds this queue and closes the connection with a CONNECTION_ID_LIMIT_ERROR if the bound would be exceeded. However, the path handling a connection ID that had already been retired pushed onto the queue without applying the limit and without deduplicating.
A peer that has completed the handshake can first send a NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame with a large
retire_prior_to value to advance the receiver's connection ID window, and then repeatedly send
NEW_CONNECTION_ID frames with sequence numbers below that window. Each such frame adds another
entry to the queue. The queue is only drained by sending RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID frames, which are
subject to congestion control, so a peer that withholds acknowledgements can stall the drain while
continuing to flood, growing the victim's memory use without bound.
The flaw was corrected in 0.11.17 by applying the same limit on the already-retired path.
Thanks to @scadastrangelove for reporting this issue.
Affected versions
crates.io
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| quinn-proto | >= 0.6.0, < 0.11.17 |
0.11.17 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
quinn-proto crates.io → 0.11.17
- cargo
cargo update -p quinn-proto --precise 0.11.17
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Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| RUSTSEC-2026-0343 Outgoing datagram buffer accounting can panic the sender in quinn-proto | High | Also affects quinn-proto |
| RUSTSEC-2026-0340 Peer minimum ACK delay can panic quinn-proto when ACK_FREQUENCY transmission is enabled | High | Also affects quinn-proto |
| RUSTSEC-2026-0338 Remote peer can panic quinn-proto with zero-length STREAM frames during unordered reads | Not rated yet | Also affects quinn-proto |
| RUSTSEC-2026-0342 Zero-length DATAGRAM frames bypass the receive buffer limit in quinn-proto | Not rated yet | Also affects quinn-proto |
| RUSTSEC-2026-0341 Stream reassembly memory-exhaustion guard in quinn-proto can be bypassed | High | Also affects quinn-proto |
| GHSA-4w2j-m93h-cj5j Quinn: Remote memory exhaustion in quinn-proto from unbounded out-of-order stream reassembly | High | Also affects quinn-proto |
| GHSA-6xvm-j4wr-6v98 Quinn affected by unauthenticated remote DoS via panic in QUIC transport parameter parsing | Medium | Also affects quinn-proto |
| GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8 Denial of service in quinn-proto when using `Endpoint::retry()` | High | Also affects quinn-proto |
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