Medium (6.5) in pquic pquic. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In PQUIC before 5bde5bb, retention of unused initial encryption keys allows attackers to disrupt a connection with a PSK configuration by sending a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame that is encrypted via the initial key computed. Network traffic sniffing is needed as part of exploitation.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)