CVE-2026-61544: libp2p-quic: Remote panic via certificate expiry race during QUIC handshake
libp2p-quic can panic on an inbound QUIC handshake if a malicious peer presents a valid, short lived libp2p TLS certificate and delays the final TLS 1.3 handshake fragment until the certificate expires.
This is remotely reachable by a network peer and can crash applications exposing a libp2p QUIC listener.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hq8-qhww-jm7q
- github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/commit/212f3774af048e2cecfb2e6b1e08477685e52b22
- github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/commit/e8f35e12c2418b04df6e9cdf036005e8aee3c7a2
- github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/6525
- github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-5hq8-qhww-jm7q
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61544
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