CVE-2026-55952
Description
The Erlang/OTP ssl application does not validate that the PSK identity list and binder list carried in a TLS 1.3 ClientHello pre-shared key extension have equal length before passing them to the session ticket handler. In tls_handshake_1_3:handle_pre_shared_key/3, an OfferedPreSharedKeys record with a mismatched number of identities and binders is forwarded directly to tls_server_session_ticket:use/4, which crashes the session ticket handler process. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a single crafted ClientHello to a TLS 1.3 server with session tickets enabled (stateful or stateless mode) and permanently disrupt session ticket handling on that listener. New TLS 1.3 handshakes complete but subsequently crash when the server attempts to issue a session ticket, effectively making TLS 1.3 unusable on the affected listener until the ssl application is restarted. TLS 1.2 connections are not affected. This issue affects OTP from 22.2 before 29.0.3, 28.5.0.3 and 27.3.4.14 corresponding to ssl from 9.5 before 11.7.3, 11.6.0.3 and 11.2.12.10.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-55952.html
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/2c3e599797644310e5d4aa39c7193420e59dadff
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/9b5437c72fa3403a75c1aba28e5c532bc191c662
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/e77823e6d980b2ec0b4fe4ea3f2d098ca239e3ce
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-8c57-44c9-pc59
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-55952
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
CWEs
CWE-1284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.