CVE-2026-88822
CVE-2026-88822CVE-2026-88822
Description
Issue summary: QUIC, when performing automated peer detection, may allow
uninitialized stack data to leak into the received address which is then used
as the destination for outgoing packets.
Impact summary: Applications using QUIC's automated peer detection mechanism
may receive an invalid address, leading to connection loss and disclosure of
uninitialized stack data to an attacker observing the outgoing network traffic.
CWE: CWE-457 (Use of Uninitialized Variable)
Description: The OpenSSL QUIC stack contains a feature in which, when using an
already connected socket, it will auto-detect the peer address during the SSL
handshake. This feature uses the getpeername() function, passing a buffer of
sufficient length to hold any supported address family, but passes a buffer
length that is only sized such that larger addresses, such as IPv6, cannot be
retrieved. The getpeername() function however, still returns the full address
length, which is accepted as the valid input buffer length,
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| Last modified | 2026-11-10 |