Quinn is a pure-Rust, async-compatible implementation of the IETF QUIC transport protocol. Prior to 0.11.14, a remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger a denial of service in applications using vulnerable quinn versions by sending a crafted QUIC Initial packet containing malformed quic_transport_parameters. In quinn-proto parsing logic, attacker-controlled varints are decoded with unwrap(), so truncated encodings cause Err(UnexpectedEnd) and panic. This is reachable over the network with a single packet and no prior trust or authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.11.14.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6xvm-j4wr-6v98 Quinn affected by unauthenticated remote DoS via panic in QUIC transport parameter parsing
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Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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'}

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Important


Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Quinn-rs quinn
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Description Quinn is a pure-Rust, async-compatible implementation of the IETF QUIC transport protocol. Prior to 0.11.14, a remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger a denial of service in applications using vulnerable quinn versions by sending a crafted QUIC Initial packet containing malformed quic_transport_parameters. In quinn-proto parsing logic, attacker-controlled varints are decoded with unwrap(), so truncated encodings cause Err(UnexpectedEnd) and panic. This is reachable over the network with a single packet and no prior trust or authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.11.14.
Title Quinn affected by unauthenticated remote DoS via panic in QUIC transport parameter parsing
Weaknesses CWE-248
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-11T15:19:29.150Z

Reserved: 2026-03-09T16:33:42.914Z

Link: CVE-2026-31812

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-11T15:13:04.417Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-10T22:16:18.840

Modified: 2026-03-11T13:52:47.683

Link: CVE-2026-31812

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-10T21:04:36Z

Links: CVE-2026-31812 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-11T11:42:04Z

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