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CVE-2023-39322

QUIC connections do not set an upper bound on the amount of data buffered when reading post-handshake messages, allowing

QUIC connections do not set an upper bound on the amount of data buffered when reading post-handshake messages, allowing a malicious QUIC connection to cause unbounded memory growth. With fix, connections now consistently reject messages larger than 65KiB in size.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00042
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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Affected Products & Versions

1
golang go>= 1.21.0 and < 1.21.1
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Go stdlib fixed in 1.21.1
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@golang.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD08 Sep 2023 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

30
rhsaRHSA-2025:7256Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:3352Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:3467Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:1383Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:2988Moderate
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://go.dev/cl/523039Patch
https://go.dev/issue/62266Issue Tracking
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/2C5vbR-UNkI/m/L1hdrPhfBAAJMailing ListRelease Notes
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-2045Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231020-0004/Third Party Advisory
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