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Cloudflare Quiche: Use-after-free in connection ID iterator FFI functions — CVE-2026-11941

GitHub · GitHub · CVE-2026-11941

ID
CVE-2026-11941
Date
Activity
Source
GitHub
Vendor
GitHub
Threat
medium
CVSS
5.6

Summary

### Impact Cloudflare Quiche was affected by 2 use-after-free vulnerabilities in the connection ID iterator FFI functions. The `quiche_connection_id_iter_next` and `quiche_conn_retired_scid_next` functions would return a pointer to a `ConnectionId` to the applications via function arguments, but the the owned `ConnectionId` would be dropped at the end of those functions' scope. Only applications using those FFI…

Product

rust: quiche

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

  • Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
  • Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
  • Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
  • Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

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