Vulnerability CVE-2026-3833: Information

Description

A flaw was found in gnutls. This vulnerability occurs because gnutls performs case-sensitive comparisons of `nameConstraints` labels, specifically for `dNSName` (DNS) or `rfc822Name` (email) constraints within `excludedSubtrees` or `permittedSubtrees`. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a leaf certificate with casing differences in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN), leading to a policy bypass where a certificate that should be rejected is instead accepted. This could result in unauthorized access or information disclosure.

Severity: HIGH (7.4)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published: April 30, 2026
Modified: May 7, 2026
Error type identifier: CWE-178

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
gnutls30sisyphus3.8.13-alt13.8.13-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7123-1417120Fixed
gnutls30sisyphus_e2k3.8.13-alt13.8.13-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7620-1-Fixed
gnutls30sisyphus_riscv643.8.13-alt13.8.13-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7535-1-Fixed
gnutls30sisyphus_loongarch643.8.13-alt13.8.13-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7498-1-Fixed
gnutls30p113.8.13-alt13.8.13-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7127-2417121Fixed
gnutls30p103.6.16-alt113.6.16-alt11ALT-PU-2026-7344-2417556Fixed
gnutls30p10_e2k3.6.16-alt113.6.16-alt11ALT-PU-2026-7867-1-Fixed
gnutls30c10f23.6.16-alt113.6.16-alt11ALT-PU-2026-7348-2417557Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274
  • Issue Tracking
  • Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3833
  • Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445763
  • Issue Tracking
  • Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1803
  • Exploit
  • Issue Tracking
  • Vendor Advisory
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