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.
History

Wed, 27 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 27 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu gnutls
Redhat hardened Images
Redhat openshift Container Platform
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu gnutls
Redhat hardened Images
Redhat openshift Container Platform

Wed, 27 May 2026 03:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
References

Tue, 26 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Gnutls: gnutls: certificate validation bypass due to improper handling of uri and srv sans
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-295
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-05-26T21:29:26.859Z

Updated: 2026-05-27T14:21:54.475Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T11:23:46.517Z

Link: CVE-2026-42012

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T14:21:50.991Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-26T22:16:41.913

Modified: 2026-05-27T14:54:20.160

Link: CVE-2026-42012

cve-icon Redhat

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