CVE-2026-57497 (GCVE-0-2026-57497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 16:05 – Updated: 2026-09-14 20:06
VLAI
Title
webtransport-go: Memory Exhaustion Attack due to Buffering of Unknown Capsules
Summary
webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.11.1, Session.parseNextCapsule() in session.go skips an unknown WebTransport capsule on the HTTP/3 request stream by calling io.ReadAll on the capsule reader, retaining the complete declared capsule body in memory. A malicious peer can send a large unknown capsule and cause a client or server to allocate memory for the full payload; QUIC flow control does not bound the total retained allocation because reading advances the flow-control window while the received bytes remain in memory. The resulting memory and resource exhaustion can disrupt or crash the affected process. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 19:22 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7664 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
quic-go webtransport-go Affected: < 0.11.1
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