A flaw was found in gnutls. This vulnerability occurs because gnutls performs case-sensitive comparisons of `nameConstraints` labels, specifically for `dNSName` (DNS) or `rfc822Name` (email) constraints within `excludedSubtrees` or `permittedSubtrees`. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a leaf certificate with casing differences in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN), leading to a policy bypass where a certificate that should be rejected is instead accepted. This could result in unauthorized access or information disclosure.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1803 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1803 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.4 · gnu, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-14 20:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 36
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30849
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32962
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43575
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62549
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65851
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67857
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3833 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445763 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1803 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1803 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory