Description
webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to v0.10.0, an attacker can cause a denial of service in webtransport-go by preventing or indefinitely delaying WebTransport session closure. A malicious peer can withhold QUIC flow control credit on the CONNECT stream, blocking transmission of the WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule and causing the close operation to hang. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.10.0.
Published: 2026-02-12
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Patch Now
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-px4r-g4p3-hhqv webtransport-go: CloseWithError can block indefinitely
History

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:quic-go:webtransport-go:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Quic-go
Quic-go webtransport-go
Vendors & Products Quic-go
Quic-go webtransport-go

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to v0.10.0, an attacker can cause a denial of service in webtransport-go by preventing or indefinitely delaying WebTransport session closure. A malicious peer can withhold QUIC flow control credit on the CONNECT stream, blocking transmission of the WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule and causing the close operation to hang. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.10.0.
Title webtransport-go CloseWithError can block indefinitely
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics 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'}


Subscriptions

Quic-go Webtransport-go
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-17T15:36:08.731Z

Reserved: 2025-12-29T03:00:29.275Z

Link: CVE-2026-21435

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-17T15:36:05.195Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-12T19:15:51.503

Modified: 2026-02-19T22:51:49.417

Link: CVE-2026-21435

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-17T20:15:26Z

Weaknesses