CVE-2026-35191EPSS p27.2%
CVE-2026-35191CVE-2026-35191
Description
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 mod
Scoring
| CVSS | 3.7 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| EPSS | 0.36% probability of exploitation · percentile 27.2% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-30 |