7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-59530
quic-go has Client Crash Due to Premature HANDSHAKE_DONE Frame
Description

quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. In versions prior to 0.49.0, 0.54.1, and 0.55.0, a misbehaving or malicious server can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the quic-go client by triggering an assertion failure, leading to a process crash. This requires no authentication and can be exploited during the handshake phase. This was observed in the wild with certain server implementations. quic-go needs to be able to handle misbehaving server implementations, including those that prematurely send a HANDSHAKE_DONE frame. Versions 0.49.0, 0.54.1, and 0.55.0 discard Initial keys when receiving a HANDSHAKE_DONE frame, thereby correctly handling premature HANDSHAKE_DONE frames.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 10, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 14, 2025, 7:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Quic-go_project quic-go
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update quic-go to a patched version to prevent DoS attacks from malicious servers.
  • Update quic-go to version 0.49.0 or later.
  • Update quic-go to version 0.54.1 or later.
  • Update quic-go to version 0.55.0 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/blob/v0.55.0/connection.go#L2682-L2685
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/pull/5354
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-47m2-4cr7-mhcw
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. In versions prior to 0.49.0, 0.54.1, and 0.55.0, a misbehaving or malicious server can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the quic-go client by triggering an assertion failure, leading to a process crash. This requires no authentication and can be exploited during the handshake phase. This was observed in the wild with certain server implementations. quic-go needs to be able to handle misbehaving server implementations, including those that prematurely send a HANDSHAKE_DONE frame. Versions 0.49.0, 0.54.1, and 0.55.0 discard Initial keys when receiving a HANDSHAKE_DONE frame, thereby correctly handling premature HANDSHAKE_DONE frames.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-617
    Added CWE CWE-755
    Added Reference https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/blob/v0.55.0/connection.go#L2682-L2685
    Added Reference https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/pull/5354
    Added Reference https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-47m2-4cr7-mhcw
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
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