CVE-2026-42011

HIGH

Gnutls: gnutls: security bypass due to incorrect name constraint handling

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in gnutls. This vulnerability occurs because permitted name constraints were incorrectly ignored when previous Certificate Authorities (CAs) only had excluded name constraints. A remote attacker could exploit this to bypass critical name constraint checks during certificate validation. This bypass could lead to the acceptance of invalid certificates, potentially enabling spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks against affected systems.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42011
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2467437
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467437
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
RHSA-2026:13274
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (8)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat/Red Hat Hardened Images
Red Hat/Red Hat Hardened Images 3.8.13-1.hum1
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Published May 07, 2026
Tracked Since May 07, 2026