# CVE-2026-57497: webtransport-go: Memory Exhaustion Attack due to Buffering of Unknown Capsules

- Also known as: GO-2026-6099, GHSA-G35J-M5XG-VH3Q
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.11.1
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- quic-go webtransport-go: fixed in 0.11.1
- github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go (Go): fixed in 0.11.1

## Description

webtransport-go is an implementation of the WebTransport protocol. Prior to 0.11.1, Session.parseNextCapsule() in session.go skips an unknown WebTransport capsule on the HTTP/3 request stream by calling io.ReadAll on the capsule reader, retaining the complete declared capsule body in memory. A malicious peer can send a large unknown capsule and cause a client or server to allocate memory for the full payload; QUIC flow control does not bound the total retained allocation because reading advances the flow-control window while the received bytes remain in memory. The resulting memory and resource exhaustion can disrupt or crash the affected process. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on quic-go webtransport-go, github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go, upgrade to a fixed version (0.11.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go/security/advisories/GHSA-g35j-m5xg-vh3q
- https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go/pull/290
- https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go/commit/3aecd11736579530ff067651c30a543eb0b4b8c4
- https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go/releases/tag/v0.11.1

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