PT-2026-36155
CVE-2026-3833
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Published
2026-03-02
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Updated
2026-10-14
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.4
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
gnutls (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists where case-sensitive comparisons are performed on
nameConstraints labels, specifically for dNSName (DNS) or rfc822Name (email) constraints within excludedSubtrees or permittedSubtrees. A remote attacker can craft a leaf certificate with casing differences in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) to bypass policies, causing a certificate that should be rejected to be accepted. This may lead to unauthorized access or information disclosure.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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