# CVE-2026-19553: SSLContext.wrap\_bio() missing validation of server\_hostname parameter

- Also known as: BIT-LIBPYTHON-2026-19553, BIT-PYTHON-2026-19553, BIT-PYTHON-MIN-2026-19553, PSF-2026-44
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16, 3.14.8, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-09-30 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Python Software Foundation CPython: fixed in 3.10.22; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.17; from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.12.15; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.16; from 3.14.0, fixed in 3.14.8; from 3.15.0a1, fixed in 3.15.0rc3
- libpython (Bitnami): fixed in 3.10.22; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.17; from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.12.15; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.16; from 3.14.0, fixed in 3.14.8
- python (Bitnami): fixed in 3.10.22; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.17; from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.12.15; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.16; from 3.14.0, fixed in 3.14.8
- python-min (Bitnami): fixed in 3.10.22; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.17; from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.12.15; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.16; from 3.14.0, fixed in 3.14.8

## Description

ssl.SSLContext.wrap_bio() didn't require the server_hostname argument to not be None if ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname was set. Due to a missing parameter check in SSLObject, if the server_hostname argument isn't supplied then hostname verification would be silently skipped. This defect could lead to programs where certificate hostname verification *appeared* to be succeeding with SSLContext.check_hostname = True and no ValueError being raised due to misconfiguration. If the program passes a server_hostname value that isn't an empty string or None to any of these APIs then certificate hostname verification proceeds as expected and the program is not affected by this vulnerability. Mitigating this vulnerability doesn't require updating Python or applying the patch. To mitigate, pass a valid non-None and non-empty server_hostname value to SSLContext.wrap_bio(), asyncio.create_connection(), or asyncio.loop.start_tls() and certificate hostname verification will proceed as expected. Upgrading to the latest version of Python or applying the patch only changes the behavior from silently skipping hostname verification to raising a ValueError, similar to SSLContext.wrap_socket(), when server_hostname isn't supplied.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Python Software Foundation CPython, libpython, python or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (3.10.22, 3.11.17, 3.12.15, 3.13.16, 3.14.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/158503
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/156793
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/QNZRG3YOAMTHDCMVCICXGY6YEFPY2VDL/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1697ea386c707142555d98a1263176bbbc014a96
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/641390146a16a38e6701923f4ee4f1940ae77082
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/966bf426d0b6c31c1b0a255ff14a17143a466ced
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4e43ba525187282f2011da0e6ffc0d2b08d8062
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/869069d52ce0efab2f8c38197e92cdaaa312f1ed
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5867d4e4ae6d1062352baf6b497a4026e8578ccf
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bdebbf9b366ec91e9cd9daa0b3510c9e84b60b80

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