CVE-2026-42011

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductGnutls
PublishedMay 7, 2026
First seenMay 7, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-295CWE-295

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnutls0—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportNo range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportNo range specified—
enterprise_linux 8No range specified—
rhel_aus 8.4No range specified—
rhel_aus 8.6No range specified—
rhel_e4s 8.8No range specified—
enterprise_linux 9No range specified—
rhel_e4s 9.2No range specified—
rhel_e4s 9.4No range specified—
rhel_eus 9.6No range specified—
openshift 4.12No range specified—
openshift 4.16No range specified—
openshift 4.17No range specified—
openshift 4.18No range specified—
openshift 4.19No range specified—
openshift 4.20No range specified—
openshift 4.21No range specified—
openshift 4.22No range specified—
cert_manager 1.17No range specified—
cert_manager 1.18No range specified—
cert_manager 1.20No range specified—
discovery 2No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened ImagesNo range specified—
openshift_ai 3.4No range specified—
rhui 5No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5No range specified—

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