CVE-2026-42011

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 Technology Preview security update

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.

Metrics

Severity
high
no public PoC known
7.4
Source: nvd-v3
39.6 %
High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
0.5 %
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2026-08-24 11:15 UTC
CWE-295

Weakness classes (CWE)

  • CWE-295Base

    Improper Certificate Validation

    The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

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Reanalysis & status changes

Chronological NVD audit events for this CVE — reanalyses, CVSS updates, CPE diffs.

  1. CVE Modified2026-09-03 13:05 UTC· secalert@redhat.com
    • Affected: Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42011.json">CVE-2026-42011</a>
    • Reference: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59831
  2. CVE Modified2026-09-01 13:19 UTC· secalert@redhat.com
    • Affected: Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42011.json">CVE-2026-42011</a>
  3. CVE Modified2026-08-31 16:18 UTC· secalert@redhat.com
    • Affected: Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42011.json">CVE-2026-42011</a>
  4. CVE Modified2026-08-31 03:16 UTC· secalert@redhat.com
    • Affected: Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42011.json">CVE-2026-42011</a>
    • Reference: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56853
  5. CVE Modified2026-08-26 17:17 UTC· secalert@redhat.com
    • Affected: Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42011.json">CVE-2026-42011</a>
    • Reference: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274
    • Reference: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611
    • Reference: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612

Affected operating systems

  • linux

    ubuntu / coreutilsjammy

  • linux

    ubuntu / coreutilsnoble

  • linux

    ubuntu / coreutilsresolute

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux11.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux10.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux10.2

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux6.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux7.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux8.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux9.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux9.8

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_els10.2

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_els8.10

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_els9.8

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_eus10.2

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_eus9.8

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems10.2

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems8.0_s390x

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems9.0_s390x

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_els10.2

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_els8.10

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_els9.8

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus10.2

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus9.8

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

  • Apple

    iOS18.7.10

  • Apple

    iOS26.6.1

  • Apple

    iPadOS18.7.10

  • Apple

    iPadOS26.6.1

  • Apple

    macOSTahoe 26.6.2

  • bitnami

    jre1.9.0

  • bitnami

    nginx-gateway0.1.17

  • bitnami

    nginx-gateway-fabric1.3.0

  • bitnami

    postgresql15.0.0

  • bitnami

    postgresql16.0.0

  • bitnami

    postgresql17.0.0

  • bitnami

    postgresql18.0.0

  • bitnami

    python-min3.10.0

  • bitnami

    python-min3.11.0

  • bitnami

    python-min3.12.0

  • bitnami

    python-min3.13.0

  • bitnami

    python-min3.14.0

  • f5

    dos4.3.0 – 4.7.0

  • f5

    dos

  • f5

    nginx_gateway_fabric1.3.0 – 1.6.2

  • f5

    nginx_gateway_fabric2.0.0 – 2.5.1

  • f5

    nginx_ingress_controller3.5.0 – 3.7.2

  • f5

    nginx_ingress_controller4.0.0 – 4.0.1

  • f5

    nginx_ingress_controller5.0.0 – 5.4.1

References & sources

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IDCVE-2026-42011