CVE-2026-5260

Gnutls: gnutls: information disclosure via heap overread in rsa key exchange

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 26, 2026 at 09:29 PM UTC
Updated: October 29, 2026 at 06:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in libgnutls. A remote attacker, by sending an extremely short premaster secret during an RSA key exchange to a server using an RSA key backed by a PKCS#11 token, could trigger a short heap overread. This memory corruption vulnerability could lead to information disclosure.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.8.10-4.el10_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.8.10-4.el9_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.13-3.el8_6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.13-4.el8_8.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
All versions4
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.9.6.202607151909-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 412.86.202608241157-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 413.92.202609302032-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 414.92.202609111941-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 415.92.202610081130-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 416.94.202608150307-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 417.94.202608250221-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 418.94.202608142238-0 (unaffected)

References (38)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5260
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467450
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.2HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-1284CWE-126

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