Intel

AIKIDO-2026-563172

erlang is vulnerable to Race Condition (TOCTOU)

Race Condition (TOCTOU)CVE-2026-55950 Published Jul 4, 2026

87

High Risk

This Affects:

OSerlang
25.3.0 - 27.3.4.13
Fixed in 27.3.4.14
28.0.0 - 28.5.0.2
Fixed in 28.5.0.3
29.0.0 - 29.0.2
Fixed in 29.0.3
Are you affected? Scan for Free

TL;DR

Affected versions of Erlang/OTP contain a race condition in the shared DTLS packet demultiplexer that allows a remote attacker to crash the process by sending rapid ClientHello messages from the same source address and port. Because the demultiplexer is shared across all DTLS sessions on a listener, a successful attack terminates all active connections, resulting in a pre-authentication denial-of-service (DoS).

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

erlang is vulnerable to Race Condition (TOCTOU) in versions 25.3.0 - 27.3.4.13, 28.0.0 - 28.5.0.2 and 29.0.0 - 29.0.2.

How to fix this

Upgrade the erlang library to the patch version.

Are You Affected?

Connect your repositories to instantly see whether vulnerable or malicious packages exist in your codebase.

Free. No credit card required.

Aikido Platform