CVE-2026-42012 | Gnutls: gnutls: certificate validation bypass due to improper handling of uri and srv sans

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.

Published: 2026-05-26 Last update: 2026-06-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Awaiting Analysis，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-42012 is rated Low Risk (31.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-42012

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-27 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-42012

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 4.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-42012

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-42012

GHSA-7hhj-8fwv-m5hc · Severity: high — A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting a...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-42012

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-42012 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gnutls28), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42012
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-42012 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnutls28), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream, xenial): released 5, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-42012

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-42012

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-42012

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