CVE-2026-59993CWE-476

Picotls has NULL pointer dereference during handshake, when running as a client

Medium · published October 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
—
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
Not scored
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-10-30T21:01Z
Timeline
  • 30 OCT 21:01Z
    Picotls has NULL pointer dereference during handshake, when running as a client
    cvelistv5
  • 30 OCT 21:01Z
    Picotls has NULL pointer dereference during handshake, when running as a client
    cvelistv5