CVE-2026-42012

Public on 2026-05-02
Modified on 2026-05-02
Description
Certificates containing URI or SRV Subject Alternative Names would fall back to checking DNS hostnames against Common Name, allowing potential misuse of such certificates beyond their original purpose. The issue was reported in the issue tracker as #1802 by Oleh Konko (1seal).
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core gnutls Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 gnutls Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N