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CVE-2026-42012

Gnutls: gnutls: certificate validation bypass due to improper handling of uri and srv sans

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting a specially crafted certificate that contains Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) or Service (SRV) Subject Alternative Names (SANs). This could cause the certificate validation process to incorrectly fall back to checking DNS hostnames against the Common Name (CN), potentially allowing the attacker to spoof legitimate services or intercept sensitive information.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • gnutls

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  • gnutls

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  • libtasn1

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  • openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9

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  • cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9

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  • cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9

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  • cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9

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  • cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle

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  • cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9

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  • cert-manager/cert-manager-trust-manager-rhel9

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  • discovery/discovery-server-rhel9

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  • gnutls-main

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  • rhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9

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  • rhui5/cds-kubernetes-tp-rhel9

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  • openshift4/ose-hypershift-rhel9

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  • openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8

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