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.
Problem types
Improper Certificate Validation
Product status
0:3.8.10-4.el10_2 (rpm) before *
0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6 (rpm) before *
0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6 (rpm) before *
0:3.8.10-4.el9_8 (rpm) before *
0:3.8.10-4.el9_8 (rpm) before *
Timeline
| 2026-05-06: | Reported to Red Hat. |
| 2026-04-29: | Made public. |
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Oleh Konko (1Seal) for reporting this issue.
References
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611 (RHSA-2026:20611)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612 (RHSA-2026:20612)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613 (RHSA-2026:20613)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42012
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467441 (RHBZ#2467441)