# CVE-2023-41378: Calico Typha hangs during unclean TLS handshake

- Also known as: GHSA-5R5H-Q934-CCCP
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.26.3
- Published: 2023-11-06 · Updated: 2024-09-05

## Affected

- Calico Typha: from v3.26.0, through v3.26.2; through v3.25.1
- Tigera Typha: from v3.17.0, through v3.17.1; from v3.16.0, through v3.16.3; through v3.15.3
- github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go): from 3.26.0, fixed in 3.26.3
- github.com/projectcalico/calico (Go): through 3.25.1

## Description

In certain conditions for Calico Typha (v3.26.2, v3.25.1 and below), and Calico Enterprise Typha (v3.17.1, v3.16.3, v3.15.3 and below), a client TLS handshake can block the Calico Typha server indefinitely, resulting in denial of service. The TLS Handshake() call is performed inside the main server handle for loop without any timeout allowing an unclean TLS handshake to block the main loop indefinitely while other connections will be idle waiting for that handshake to finish.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Calico Typha, Tigera Typha, github.com/projectcalico/calico, upgrade to a fixed version (3.26.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.tigera.io/security-bulletins-tta-2023-001/
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/7908
- https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/7993

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