Description
A flaw was found in gnutls. When validating certificates, an oversized Subject Alternative Name (SAN) could cause the validation process to incorrectly fall back to checking the Common Name (CN) field. This could allow a remote attacker to bypass proper certificate validation, potentially leading to spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks.
Published: 2026-05-26
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4595-1 gnutls28 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6281-1 gnutls28 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8284-1 GnuTLS vulnerabilities
History

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

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Description A flaw was found in gnutls. When validating certificates, an oversized Subject Alternative Name (SAN) could cause the validation process to incorrectly fall back to checking the Common Name (CN) field. This could allow a remote attacker to bypass proper certificate validation, potentially leading to spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks.
Title Gnutls: gnutls: certificate validation bypass due to oversized subject alternative name
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-1284
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': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Hummingbird Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-26T21:29:32.887Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-42013

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