FKIE_CVE-2026-42764

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-09 17:17 - Updated: 2026-06-10 08:16
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5e3ed291b8af0b03d5d3b9e56a1da69a187e9729
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a45a0aba8095682c88ff4fc4a784892b8c6f0677
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/bf29a458c1a231eca87e384c62b9c2553fa57a91
openssl-security@openssl.orghttps://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
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      "value": "Issue summary: Receiving a QUIC initial packet with an invalid token may\ntrigger a NULL pointer dereference in the OpenSSL QUIC server with\naddress validation disabled.\n\nImpact summary: NULL pointer dereference typically causes abnormal termination\nof the affected QUIC server process and a Denial of Service.\n\nIf the address validation is disabled in the OpenSSL QUIC server\nimplementation, an attacker can crash the server by sending an initial\npacket with an invalid or expired token.\n\nBy default, the client address validation is enabled in the OpenSSL QUIC server\nimplementation, which makes the default configuration not vulnerable\nto this issue. However if the SSL_LISTENER_FLAG_NO_VALIDATE is used with\nthe SSL_new_listener() call, the address validation is disabled making the\nvulnerable code reachable.\n\nThe FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this\nissue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-42764",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-10T08:16:23.230",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
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          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
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  "published": "2026-06-09T17:17:07.693",
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      "source": "openssl-security@openssl.org",
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