CVE-2026-12708
Unbounded HTTP/3 Datagram flow map growth in tokio-quiche
Description
Summary Cloudflare tokio-quiche was found to contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in its HTTP/3 DATAGRAM handling. For every previously unseen flow identifier (quarter stream ID) received in a DATAGRAM frame, tokio-quiche creates and retains new, per-flow state. A remote peer can send DATAGRAMs with many distinct identifiers, causing the per-connection flow map and associated channel state to grow without bound. Impact Exploitation can exhaust process memory and cause a denial of service. The vulnerable code is used in both client and server configurations, so either role can be affected by a malicious peer. QUIC DATAGRAM support in tokio-quiche is enabled by default through QuicSettings::enable_dgram; applications can disable it by setting this field to false. The vulnerable HTTP/3 path is reachable only when DATAGRAM support is negotiated with the peer. Core quiche and HTTP/3 deployments without DATAGRAM support are not affected. Mitigation Disable DATAGRAMs in tokio-quiche’s QuicSettings::enable_dgram. Remediation Upgrade to tokio-quiche version 0.23.0 or later. The fixed code creates flow state only for valid DATAGRAM-capable request streams, which are bounded by QUIC’s stream limits. To tolerate packet reordering, servers retain early DATAGRAMs in a bounded, expiring buffer, while clients discard DATAGRAMs for unknown flows.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 10, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 10, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
cloudflare
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | a22f1246-ba21-4bb4-a601-ad51614c1513 |
Solution
- Disable DATAGRAM support in QuicSettings.
- Upgrade tokio-quiche to version 0.23.0 or later.
- Ensure flow state creation is bounded.
- Discard DATAGRAMs for unknown flows.
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