highVulnerability

GHSA-6vch-q96h-7gc3

### Impact _What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_ A network attacker who can reach an etcd TLS listener can open many TCP connections and never send a ClientHello. Each connection spawns a goroutine in the etcd server process that blocks indefinitely inside tls.Conn.Handshake(), and each is tracked in the pending map. Unbounded goroutine and map growth exhausts memory in the etcd process, causing loss of availability for the etcd cluster (and, when etcd backs Kubernetes, the control plane). ### Patches _Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_ This vulnerability is patched in the following versions: - etcd 3.7.1 - etcd 3.6.14 - etcd 3.5.33 ### Workarounds _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_ If upgrading is not immediately possible, then restrict network access. Limit which hosts can reach etcd's client (gRPC) port via firewall rules or network policy, reducing who can attempt exploitation. ### Reporter VMware By Broadcom

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-6vch-q96h-7gc3
severity
high
summary
etcd: `tlsListener.acceptLoop` spawns unbounded handshake goroutines with no deadline
cve_id
GHSA-6vch-q96h-7gc3
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-07-24T22:40:16Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6vch-q96h-7gc3
ghsa_updated
2026-07-24T22:40:18Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]go/go.etcd.io/etcd/v3

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/go.etcd.io/etcd/v3

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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