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CVE-2026-42012

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: May 26, 2026 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42012
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10RedHatgnutls-0:3.8.10-4.el10_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportRedHatgnutls-0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.19*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatgnutls-0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatgnutls-0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatgnutls-0:3.8.10-4.el9_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatgnutls-0:3.8.10-4.el9_8*
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5RedHatrhui5/cds-rhel9:1781525684*
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5RedHatrhui5/haproxy-rhel9:1781525671*
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5RedHatrhui5/installer-rhel9:1781525693*
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5RedHatrhui5/rhua-rhel9:1781525739*
Gnutls28Ubuntudevel*
Gnutls28Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Gnutls28Ubuntufips-preview/jammy*
Gnutls28Ubuntufips-updates/jammy*
Gnutls28Ubuntufips-updates/noble*
Gnutls28Ubuntujammy*
Gnutls28Ubuntunoble*
Gnutls28Ubuntuquesting*
Gnutls28Ubunturesolute*
Gnutls28Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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