REDHAT-BUG-2515007: High severity Etcd Etcd vulnerability

Published Aug 12, 2026
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Updated

etcd is a distributed key-value store for the data of a distributed system. Prior to versions 3.5.33, 3.6.14, and 3.7.1, a network attacker who can reach an etcd TLS listener can open many TCP connections and never send a ClientHello. In client/pkg/transport/listenertls.go, each connection handled by tlsListener.acceptLoop spawns a goroutine that blocks indefinitely inside tls.Conn.Handshake() and remains tracked in the pending map. Unbounded goroutine and map growth can exhaust memory in the etcd process, causing loss of availability for the cluster and, when etcd backs Kubernetes, the control plane. This issue is fixed in versions 3.5.33, 3.6.14, and 3.7.1.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Etcd Etcd<3.5.33, <3.6.14, <3.7.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade etcd to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.5.33
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade etcd to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.6.14
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade etcd to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.7.1

Event History

Aug 12, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·09:41 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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