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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-26994
PUBLISHED
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Assigner Org ID-a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa
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Published At-20 Feb, 2026 | 02:50
Updated At-20 Feb, 2026 | 15:12
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
uTLS ServerHellos are accepted without checking TLS 1.3 downgrade canaries

uTLS is a fork of crypto/tls, created to customize ClientHello for fingerprinting resistance while still using it for the handshake. In versions 1.6.7 and below, 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. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.

Affected Products
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refraction-networking
Product
utls
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  • < 1.7.0
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TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-693CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-693
Description: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
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3.16.5MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.5
Base severity: MEDIUM
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/security/advisories/GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96
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https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/issues/181
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https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/pull/337
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https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/commit/f8892761e2a4d29054264651d3a86fda83bc83f9
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/security/advisories/GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/issues/181
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/pull/337
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/commit/f8892761e2a4d29054264651d3a86fda83bc83f9
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x_refsource_MISC
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
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