Pion DTLS vulnerable to denial of service via panic while parsing a crafted ECDHE_PSK ServerKeyExchange message

MEDIUM 6.3CVE-2026-54908 · GHSA-wg4g-wm44-ch5j · GO-2026-6165 · Published 01/07/2026 · updated 25/10/2026

In short

CVE-2026-54908 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability affecting github.com/pion/dtls/v3.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.54%, higher than 45.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.1.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/pion/dtls/v3 Go	`< 3.1.4`	`3.1.4`

Description

Impact

Remote denial of service via panic while parsing a crafted ECDHE_PSK ServerKeyExchange message.

Patches

Upgrade to v3.1.4 or later. This version includes this patch https://github.com/pion/dtls/pull/839 which fixes the issue.

Workarounds

No work around; please upgrade to v3.1.4 or a newer version.

NVD description

Pion DTLS is a Go implementation of Datagram Transport Layer Security. Versions prior to 3.1.4 are vulnerable to Remote Denial of Service via panic while parsing a crafted ECDHE_PSK ServerKeyExchange message. This issue has been fixed in version 3.1.4.