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CVE-2026-42011

DiscoveredMay 7, 2026UpdatedOct 30, 2026

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.

CVSS v3.1
7.4 HIGH
EPSS
0.47%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
2
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
● 0.00pp
0.47% → 0.47% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Connections
3 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 7, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Oct 30, 2026
May 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8284-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities
Jul 14, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8539-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities