Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go package, versions <0.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMQUICGOWEBTRANSPORTGO-18313063
  • published26 Jul 2026
  • disclosed24 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-57497  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go to version 0.11.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the process that handles unknown WebTransport capsules. An attacker can cause excessive memory allocation by sending a large unknown capsule, resulting in resource exhaustion or application crashes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1