CVE-2026-88648 json
In GnuTLS v3.8.13, an excluded msUPN/SRV otherName is never checked.
published 2026-10-08 32 d ago modified 2026-11-04 5 d ago also EUVD-2026-95205
- cvss
- 3.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In GnuTLS v3.8.13, an excluded msUPN/SRV otherName is never checked. NOTE: the Supplier does not consider this an actionable security vulnerability because of its "threat model doesn't consider attacks only possible by modifying anything within the trust boundary (private keys, trusted certificate authorities and their issued certificates including intermediate CAs, etc.)" policy.
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-2026-88648 updated cvss 7.4
gnutls: gnutls: Cross-domain certificate restriction bypass via incomplete X.509 validation
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gnutls, gnutls-guile, gnutls-utils, gnutls 3.8.10-5.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gnutls, gnutls-c++, gnutls-dane, gnutls-utils, gnutls 3.8.10-5.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gnutls, gnutls-c++, gnutls-dane, gnutls-utils, gnutls 3.8.10-5.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gnutls, gnutls-c++, gnutls-dane, gnutls-utils, gnutls 3.8.10-5.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 gnutls 3.8.10-5.el10_2 Red Hat Hardened Images gnutls 3.8.10-5.el10_2affected: workaround, no fix available
+2 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 -
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-core-bff-rhel9, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9, +6 moreunder investigation
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Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9, rhoai/odh-maas-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mlflow-operator-rhel9, rhoai/odh-model-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-ogx-k8s-operator-rhel9, +14 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 21 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
- rfc-editor.org /rfc/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.10
- rfc-editor.org /rfc/rfc5280#section-6.1.4
- gist.github.com /lkloliver/1f2a97cb8d0b31aa27b6bd0354358d7d
- gitlab.com /gnutls/gnutls/-/work_items/1965
- gitlab.com /gnutls/gnutls/-/blob/e2169a87c7fb91935c2845088204b102baed4c5f/SECURITY.md
- github.com /lkloliver/poc/tree/main/CVE-2026-88648
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-88648
- NVD CVE-2026-88648
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