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CVE
18798 double free in openssl's quic channel bind path 25 aug 2026 · CVE-2026-18798 · cve, openssl, quic, c · 6 min a pointer in OpenSSL's QUIC bind path does double duty as a return value and an ownership handoff. when a bind fails, it's left unwritten, so the caller assumes the channel never took the QRX and frees it again after the channel already did. fixed in 3.5.8 / 3.6.4 / 4.0.2.