CVE-2026-123610

Description

rustls before 0.23.46 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation flaw in its optional Brotli certificate decompression, which limits decompressed output size but accepts an input-selected large history window. Malicious peers can send a certificate with a five-byte Brotli header requesting up to 1 GiB before authentication, aborting Brotli-enabled clients or client-authenticating servers whose allocator cannot satisfy the request.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): VulnCheck
CVSS severity: MEDIUM
CVSS score: 6.3 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Effective score: 6.3 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-770
Reserved: 2026-11-06
Published: 2026-11-08 01:38 UTC
Last updated: 2026-11-08 01:38 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/123xxx/CVE-2026-123610.json

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-119369

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Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
rustls	rustls	`0` (affected), `0.23.46` (unaffected)	—

Vendor references (2)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-h2v8-394m-p7vv) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: rustls before 0.23.46 Denial of Service via Brotli Certificate Decompression third-party-advisory

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-123610.json.

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