webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.10.0, an attacker can cause unbounded memory consumption repeatedly creating and closing many WebTransport streams. Closed streams were not removed from an internal session map, preventing garbage collection of their resources. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.10.0.
History

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Quic-go
Quic-go webtransport-go
Vendors & Products Quic-go
Quic-go webtransport-go

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.10.0, an attacker can cause unbounded memory consumption repeatedly creating and closing many WebTransport streams. Closed streams were not removed from an internal session map, preventing garbage collection of their resources. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.10.0.
Title webtransport-go affected by a Memory Exhaustion Attack due to Missing Cleanup of Streams Map
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-459
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-02-12T18:25:34.107Z

Updated: 2026-02-12T18:25:34.107Z

Reserved: 2025-12-29T03:00:29.275Z

Link: CVE-2026-21438

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-12T19:15:51.677

Modified: 2026-02-13T14:23:48.007

Link: CVE-2026-21438

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