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CVE-2026-57497

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-14 · Last synced 2026-09-15

CyberRota Analysis

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The vulnerability affects the webtransport-go implementation of the WebTransport protocol, where the Session.parseNextCapsule() function can lead to memory and resource exhaustion due to unbounded allocation of large unknown capsules. A malicious peer can exploit this flaw to disrupt or crash the client or server process by overwhelming it with excessive memory usage. Organizations utilizing versions prior to 0.11.1 should prioritize updating to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-57497
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
N/A

Original NVD Description

webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.11.1, Session.parseNextCapsule() in session.go skips an unknown WebTransport capsule on the HTTP/3 request stream by calling io.ReadAll on the capsule reader, retaining the complete declared capsule body in memory. A malicious peer can send a large unknown capsule and cause a client or server to allocate memory for the full payload; QUIC flow control does not bound the total retained allocation because reading advances the flow-control window while the received bytes remain in memory. The resulting memory and resource exhaustion can disrupt or crash the affected process. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.