CVE-2026-42013

Gnutls: gnutls: certificate validation bypass due to oversized subject alternative name

Published May 26, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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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
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8539-1 GnuTLS vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30849 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30850 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32962 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33125 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40762 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41921 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43575 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56853 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57483 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59831 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60019 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74674 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89197 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89232 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89333 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95508 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95745 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95755 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42013 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467448 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2026-04-29-8 cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.14::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:5
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.20::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.21::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.22::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift Ai
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.4::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Ai
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat cert Manager
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:cert_manager:1.20::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat cert Manager
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9
References
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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::baseos
References
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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
Redhat rhel Tus
References
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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References
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First Time appeared Redhat discovery
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat discovery
References
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First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhui
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:5::el9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhui
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
References
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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'}