Picotls is a TLS protocol library that allows users select different crypto backends based on their use case. In affected revisions through 44bc503, when picotls is used as a `client-side TLS stack`, a peer can send a `HelloRetryRequest` followed by a `spoofed Hello message` that causes a null-pointer dereference. This can terminate the consuming process, including a process performing other work, resulting in denial of service. This issue is fixed in commit a06ca41.
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| Description | Picotls is a TLS protocol library that allows users select different crypto backends based on their use case. In affected revisions through 44bc503, when picotls is used as a `client-side TLS stack`, a peer can send a `HelloRetryRequest` followed by a `spoofed Hello message` that causes a null-pointer dereference. This can terminate the consuming process, including a process performing other work, resulting in denial of service. This issue is fixed in commit a06ca41. | |
| Title | Picotls has NULL pointer dereference during handshake, when running as a client | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-30T21:01:54.818Z
Reserved: 2026-07-07T19:41:00.005Z
Link: CVE-2026-59993
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-30T21:17:13.067
Modified: 2026-10-30T21:17:13.193
Link: CVE-2026-59993
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