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.
References
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| https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/commit/f8892761e2a4d29054264651d3a86fda83bc83f9 | Patch |
| https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/issues/181 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/pull/337 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/security/advisories/GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:refraction-networking:utls:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/commit/f8892761e2a4d29054264651d3a86fda83bc83f9 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/issues/181 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/pull/337 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/refraction-networking/utls/security/advisories/GHSA-pmc3-p9hx-jq96 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
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Information
Published : 2026-02-20 03:16
Updated : 2026-02-20 19:20
NVD link : CVE-2026-26994
Mitre link : CVE-2026-26994
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-26994
JSON object : View
Products Affected
refraction-networking
- utls
CWE
CWE-693
Protection Mechanism Failure
