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high 7.5

CVE-2026-33846 json

Gnutls: gnutls: denial of service via heap buffer overflow in dtls handshake fragment reassembly

published 2026-05-04 6 mo ago modified 2026-11-04 4 d ago also EUVD-2026-26926

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the DTLS handshake fragment reassembly logic of GnuTLS. The issue arises in merge_handshake_packet() where incoming handshake fragments are matched and merged based solely on handshake type, without validating that the message_length field remains consistent across all fragments of the same logical message. An attacker can exploit this by sending crafted DTLS fragments with conflicting message_length values, causing the implementation to allocate a buffer based on a smaller initial fragment and subsequently write beyond its bounds using larger, inconsistent fragments. Because the merge operation does not enforce proper bounds checking against the allocated buffer size, this results in an out-of-bounds write on the heap. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication via the DTLS handshake path and can lead to application crashes or potential memory corruption.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:3.8.10-4.el10_2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support 0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.19
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:3.3.29-9.el7_9.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, 0:4.13-3.el8_6.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, 0:4.13-3.el8_6.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, 0:4.13-4.el8_8.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, 0:4.13-4.el8_8.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support 0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 412.86.202608241157-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 413.92.202609080414-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 414.92.202608172040-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 415.92.202608180329-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 416.94.202608150307-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 417.94.202608250221-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 418.94.202608142238-0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 4.19.9.6.202608182320-0
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 1791371069, 1791371080, 1791788287, 1791970484
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 1789029076, 1791459707, 1791459711, 1791459759, 1791966259
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 1790598593
  • Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 1782951012, 1782951051, 1782951244
  • Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2 1782159791, 1782166952
  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images 3.8.13-1.hum1
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 1790703542
  • Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 1781525671, 1781525684, 1781525693, 1781525739, 1787135742, 1787241211, 1787241260
  • gnutls28 Debian 12 3.7.9-2+deb12u7
  • gnutls28 Debian 13 3.8.9-3+deb13u4
  • gnutls28 Debian 14 3.8.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33846

  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 25.10 3.8.9-3ubuntu2.2
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 3.8.12-2ubuntu1.1
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.4.10-4ubuntu1.9+esm3
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.5.18-1ubuntu1.6+esm3
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.12+esm2
  • gnutls28 Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9+Fips1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33846

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gnutls RHEL 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls-c++ RHEL 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls-dane RHEL 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls-utils RHEL 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls RHEL 10.2 3.8.10-4.el10_2
  • gnutls-c++ RHEL 10.2 3.8.10-4.el10_2
  • gnutls-dane RHEL 10.2 3.8.10-4.el10_2
  • gnutls-fips RHEL 10.2 3.8.10-4.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:41921RHSA-2026:34372RHSA-2026:33125RHSA-2026:32962RHSA-2026:30850RHSA-2026:30849

  • gnutls SLE Micro 5.3 3.7.3-150400.24.2
  • gnutls SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 3.3.27-3.18.1
  • gnutls SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 3.4.17-8.23.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2822-1SUSE-SU-2026:2367-1SUSE-SU-2026:2366-1

  • gnutls openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.8.13-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10691-1

  • gnutls AlmaLinux 8 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
  • gnutls-c++ AlmaLinux 8 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
  • gnutls-dane AlmaLinux 8 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
  • gnutls-utils AlmaLinux 8 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
  • gnutls AlmaLinux 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls-c++ AlmaLinux 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls-dane AlmaLinux 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls-utils AlmaLinux 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:20611ALSA-2026:20612ALSA-2026:20613

  • gnutls Rocky Linux 10 3.8.10-4.el10_2
  • gnutls Rocky Linux 9 3.8.10-4.el9_8
  • gnutls Rocky Linux 8 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:20613RLSA-2026:20612RLSA-2026:20611

  • gnutls Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 3.8.13-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-33846

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gnutls Azure Linux 3.0 3.8.3-11

azure linux advisories AZL-86220

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-33846 updated cvss 7.5

gnutls: GnuTLS: Denial of Service via heap buffer overflow in DTLS handshake fragment reassembly

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-hypershift-rhel9
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 1791788287, cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 1791371069, cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle 1791970484, cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9 1791371080
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:82888
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 1789029076, cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 1791459711, cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9 1791459759, cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle 1791966259, cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9 1791459707
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:82354
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 cert-manager/cert-manager-trust-manager-rhel9 1790598593
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:72502
  • Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9 1782951012, rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9 1782951244, rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9 1782951051
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36004
  • Red Hat Discovery 2 discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9 1782166952, discovery/discovery-server-rhel9 1782159791
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:29197
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20611
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) gnutls-c++ 3.8.10-4.el9_8, gnutls-dane 3.8.10-4.el9_8, gnutls-utils 3.8.10-4.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20612
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) gnutls-c++ 3.8.10-4.el10_2, gnutls-dane 3.8.10-4.el10_2, gnutls-fips 3.8.10-4.el10_2, gnutls-utils 3.8.10-4.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20613
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) gnutls-c++ 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, gnutls-dane 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, libtasn1-tools 4.13-3.el8_4.1, gnutls-utils 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33125
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, libtasn1-tools 4.13-3.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30849
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, libtasn1-tools 4.13-4.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) gnutls-c++ 3.7.6-21.el9_2.7, gnutls-dane 3.7.6-21.el9_2.7, gnutls-utils 3.7.6-21.el9_2.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:41921
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) gnutls-c++ 3.8.3-4.el9_4.6, gnutls-dane 3.8.3-4.el9_4.6, gnutls-utils 3.8.3-4.el9_4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:32962
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) gnutls-c++ 3.8.9-9.el10_0.19, gnutls-dane 3.8.9-9.el10_0.19, gnutls-fips 3.8.9-9.el10_0.19, gnutls-utils 3.8.9-9.el10_0.19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26409
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) gnutls-c++ 3.8.3-6.el9_6.4, gnutls-dane 3.8.3-6.el9_6.4, gnutls-utils 3.8.3-6.el9_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30004
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) gnutls-c++ 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, gnutls-dane 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, libtasn1-tools 4.13-3.el8_4.1, gnutls-utils 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33125
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, libtasn1-tools 4.13-3.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30849
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) gnutls-c++ 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, gnutls-dane 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, gnutls-utils 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, libtasn1-tools 4.13-4.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) gnutls 3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20611
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) gnutls 3.8.10-4.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20612
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) gnutls 3.8.10-4.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:20613
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) libtasn1 4.13-3.el8_4.1, gnutls 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33125
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) gnutls 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, libtasn1 4.13-3.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30849
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8) gnutls 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, libtasn1 4.13-4.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) gnutls 3.7.6-21.el9_2.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:41921
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) gnutls 3.8.3-4.el9_4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:32962
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) gnutls 3.8.9-9.el10_0.19
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:26409
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) gnutls 3.8.3-6.el9_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30004
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) libtasn1 4.13-3.el8_4.1, gnutls 3.6.14-10.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:33125
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) gnutls 3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, libtasn1 4.13-3.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30849
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8) gnutls 3.6.16-7.el8_8.4, libtasn1 4.13-4.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30850
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) gnutls 3.3.29-9.el7_9.1, gnutls-c++ 3.3.29-9.el7_9.1, gnutls-dane 3.3.29-9.el7_9.1, gnutls-utils 3.3.29-9.el7_9.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:34372
  • Red Hat Hardened Images gnutls 3.8.13-1.hum1, gnutls-c++ 3.8.13-1.hum1, gnutls-dane 3.8.13-1.hum1, gnutls-fips 3.8.13-1.hum1, gnutls-utils 3.8.13-1.hum1, mingw32-gnutls 3.8.13-1.hum1, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13274
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 rhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9 1790703542
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:74674
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 rhcos 412.86.202608241157
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:59831
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 rhcos 413.92.202609080414
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:65839
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 rhcos 414.92.202608172040
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:56786
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 rhcos 415.92.202608180329
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:56911
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 rhcos 416.94.202608150307
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:56853

4 more fixed, 19 more not affected in the full advisory

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
  • Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20
  • Red Hat Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

References

Sources

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