CVE-2026-59993CWE-476
Picotls has NULL pointer dereference during handshake, when running as a client
Medium · published October 30, 2026
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
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30 OCT 21:01Z
Picotls has NULL pointer dereference during handshake, when running as a client
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