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CVE-2026-56862

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-08-13 Modified: 2026-08-14

Description

Handshake messages, such as KeyUpdate, are always considered as state-advancing, regardless of whether a handshake has been completed or not. As a result, a malicious client can keep sending KeyUpdate messages to force the server to keep performing key derivation operations indefinitely.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-770

References