GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96 uTLS ServerHellos are accepted without checking TLS 1.3 downgrade canaries
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-26994
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/refraction-networking/utls
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693
- Reviewed
- 2025-04-23
Affected packages
• Go github.com/refraction-networking/utls: < 1.7.0 → fixed in 1.7.0
Description
Description
Before version 1.7.0, utls did not implement the TLS 1.3 downgrade protection mechanism specified in RFC 8446 Section 4.1.3 when using a utls ClientHello spec. This allowed an active network adversary to downgrade TLS 1.3 connections initiated by a utls client to a lower TLS version (e.g., TLS 1.2) by modifying the ClientHello message to exclude the SupportedVersions extension, causing the server to respond with a TLS 1.2 ServerHello (along with a downgrade canary in the ServerHello random field). Because utls did not check the downgrade canary in the ServerHello random field, clients would accept the downgraded connection without detecting the attack. This attack could also be used by an active network attacker to fingerprint utls connections.
Fix Commit or Pull Request
refraction-networking/utls#337, specifically refraction-networking/utls@f8892761e2a4d29054264651d3a86fda83bc83f9
References
• https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/issues/181
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-26994 uTLS is a fork of crypto/tls, created to customize ClientHello for fingerprinting resistance while still using it for the handshake. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness
References
- https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/security/advisories/GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26994 advisory
- https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/issues/181 web
- https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/pull/337 web
- https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/commit/f8892761e2a4d29054264651d3a86fda83bc83f9 web
- https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls package