CVE-2025-64702

quic-go HTTP/3 QPACK Header Expansion DoS

Published Dec 11, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. Versions 0.56.0 and below are vulnerable to excessive memory allocation through quic-go's HTTP/3 client and server implementations by sending a QPACK-encoded HEADERS frame that decodes into a large header field section (many unique header names and/or large values). The implementation builds an http.Header (used on the http.Request and http.Response, respectively), while only enforcing limits on the size of the (QPACK-compressed) HEADERS frame, but not on the decoded header, leading to memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 0.57.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g754-hx8w-x2g6 quic-go HTTP/3 QPACK Header Expansion DoS
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:quic-go_project:quic-go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Quic-go Project
Quic-go Project quic-go
Vendors & Products Quic-go Project
Quic-go Project quic-go
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Description quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. Versions 0.56.0 and below are vulnerable to excessive memory allocation through quic-go's HTTP/3 client and server implementations by sending a QPACK-encoded HEADERS frame that decodes into a large header field section (many unique header names and/or large values). The implementation builds an http.Header (used on the http.Request and http.Response, respectively), while only enforcing limits on the size of the (QPACK-compressed) HEADERS frame, but not on the decoded header, leading to memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 0.57.0.
Title quic-go HTTP/3 QPACK Header Expansion DoS
Weaknesses CWE-770
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Dec 12, 2025, 8:45 PM
Reserved
Nov 10, 2025, 2:07 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Dec 11, 2025, 9:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 8:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 11, 2025, 8:58 PM