Commit 7501955b0b for openssl.org
commit 7501955b0b2fbd6e7348bc8166055993d73af64e
Author: Ryan Hooper <ryanh@openssl.foundation>
Date: Wed Oct 21 13:27:28 2026 -0400
Document DTLS 1.3 handshake ACK known issue
Note that servers may reject ACKs received while waiting for the
client's handshake response.
Refs: #33242
Refs: #33267
Assisted-by: OpenAI:gpt-6-astra
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.foundation>
Reviewed-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@openssl.org>
Merge-date: Thu Oct 22 14:58:41 2026
Merged-from: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/33296
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e192ea35b7..2039e1b19c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ Known issues in 4.1.0
`SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE`. Applications treating this result as fatal may
close a connection that is still usable.
+ * <https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/33242>
+ DTLS 1.3 servers may abort handshakes with an `unexpected_message` alert
+ when a client acknowledges part or all of the server's first flight
+ before sending its response. This can occur after packet loss or while
+ the client is preparing its authentication response.
+
OpenSSL 4.0
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