Answer in brief
CVE-2026-42772 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Potential CPU DoS via O(n^2) Fragment Reassembly in QUIC. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps OpenSSL/OpenSSL (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps OpenSSL/OpenSSL (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL/OpenSSLgeneric | >=4.0.0 <4.0.3 || >=3.6.0 <3.6.5 || >=3.5.0 <3.5.9 || >=3.4.0 <3.4.8 | 4.0.3, 3.6.5, 3.5.9, 3.4.8 |
Published upstream
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 29, 2026
Issue summary: The QUIC stream reassembly algorithm performance deteriorates progressively as packets are arriving out of order. The worst case has a quadratic complexity proportional to the number of stream frames kept in the buffer for the received stream data. Impact summary: A remote QUIC peer that completes the handshake can create a connection-scoped CPU pressure and potentially a Denial of Service using compliant STREAM frames inside the advertised receive window, with low attacker bandwidth. CWE: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Description: OpenSSL manages received QUIC stream fragments using a doubly-linked list. While it optimizes for append operations (at the end of the list), it falls back to a head-to-tail linear search for any fragment that does not immediately follow the current `tail`. By manipulating the sequence of offsets, an attacker can force the server to perform O(n^2) operations, consuming excessive CPU time for the QUIC process. FIPS impact: no The FIPS module is not affected as the QUIC implementation is outside of the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
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