CVE-2026-21438General(quic-go / webtransport-go)

LOWCVSS 5.3 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch quic-go webtransport-go systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.10.0, an attacker can cause unbounded memory consumption repeatedly creating and closing many WebTransport streams. Closed streams were not removed from an internal session map, preventing garbage collection of their resources. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.10.0.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-401CWE-459

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • webtransport-go

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
webtransport-go

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-02-12: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-02-12: 1Technical Details · 2026-02-12: 202-12
Signal classification2 categories
General
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-21438 webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.10.0, an attacker can cause unbounded memory consumption repeatedly creating and closing… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21438

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-21438 in webtransport-go causes unbounded memory consumption before v0.10.0, which is mitigated in that release.

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  • cvereports@_cvereports
    General

    CVE-2026-21438: The Zombie Stream Apocalypse: Analyzing CVE-2026-21438 in webtransport-go A comprehensive analysis of a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the `webtransport-go` library. By failing to remove closed streams from an internal tracking map... https://cvereports.com/reports/CVE-2026-21438

    Post summary

    The article provides a technical analysis of a memory exhaustion flaw in webtransport-go, without discussing exploits, patches, or active attacks.

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    27 followersView on X
CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appquic-gowebtransport-go-go-

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