# CVE-2026-44435: Quicly: Remote Denial of Service via assertion failure when CRYPTO stream handshake data exceeds 32KB

- 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: 937d0e9
- Published: 2026-07-16 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- h2o quicly: fixed in 937d0e9

## Description

Quicly is an IETF QUIC protocol implementation intended primarily for use within the H2O HTTP server. Prior to commit 937d0e9, an assertion failure is raised when the total number of valid handshake messages received over a CRYPTO stream of a single packet number space exceeds 32KB, causing a Denial of Service. This issue has been fixed by commit 937d0e9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on h2o quicly, upgrade to a fixed version (937d0e9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/h2o/quicly/security/advisories/GHSA-2cw9-5673-73gv
- https://github.com/h2o/quicly/commit/937d0e9e7c669fc2bee4920632ab6aaac60e4d81

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