# CVE-2026-9648: CVE-2026-9648

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.1
- Published: 2026-06-11 · Updated: 2026-06-11

## Affected

- Haskell Programming Language crypton-certificate: fixed in 1.9.1

## Description

The crypton-x509-validation Haskell library fails to enforce X.509 NameConstraints, allowing TLS clients to accept certificates whose Subject Alternative Names fall outside the issuing CA’s permitted subtrees. This oversight enables an attacker who compromises a name-constrained sub-CA to impersonate domains beyond its intended scope.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Haskell Programming Language crypton-certificate, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/crypton-certificate/pull/30
- https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/crypton-certificate/pull/30/changes/f4b77edf6ead77f4a886da40e41eab20f0180e39
- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/crypton-x509-validation-1.9.1/revisions/
- https://github.com/haskell/security-advisories/pull/332

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