CVE-2026-11352 PUBLISHED

QUIC zero-length UDP datagrams busy-loop

Assigner: curl
Reserved: 05.06.2026 Published: 03.07.2026 Updated: 03.07.2026

An issue in curl’s QUIC UDP receive function allows a malicious HTTP/3 server to trigger a remote denial of service against a curl or libcurl client. Because the helper function discards zero-length UDP datagrams before counting them toward the per-call packet budget, a connected QUIC peer can continuously stream empty datagrams to indefinitely stall the client.

Product Status

Vendor curl
Product curl
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8.20.0 to 8.20.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.19.0 to 8.19.0 (incl.)
  • affected from 8.18.0 to 8.18.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • vectorqueue on hackerone (AntAISecurityLab) finder
  • Stefan Eissing remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')