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CVE-2026-42010

Gnutls: gnutls: authentication bypass via nul character in username PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw was found in gnutls. Servers configured with RSA-PSK (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman – Pre-Shared Key) wrongfully matched usernames containing a NUL character with truncated usernames. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted username, leading to an authentication bypass. This vulnerability allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access by circumventing the authentication process.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Not supplied / Not suppliedaffected 0
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10unaffected 0:3.8.10-4.el10_2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.19 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:4.13-3.el8_6.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onunaffected 0:4.13-3.el8_6.2 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:4.13-4.el8_8.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:4.13-4.el8_8.1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:3.8.10-4.el9_8 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:3.8.10-4.el9_8 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.7 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.6 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.4 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12unaffected 412.86.202608241157-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13unaffected 413.92.202609080414-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14unaffected 414.92.202609011250-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15unaffected 415.92.202609140326-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16unaffected 416.94.202608150307-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17unaffected 417.94.202608250221-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18unaffected 418.94.202608142238-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19unaffected 4.19.9.6.202607151909-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20unaffected 4.20.9.6.202607010620-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21unaffected 4.21.9.6.202607011303-0 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22unaffected 4.22.9.8.202606301732-0 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17unaffected 1791371080 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17unaffected 1791371069 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17unaffected 1791788287 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17unaffected 1791970484 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18unaffected 1791459707 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18unaffected 1791459711 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18unaffected 1791459759 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18unaffected 1789029076 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18unaffected 1791966259 before *
Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20unaffected 1790598593 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2unaffected 1782951051 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2unaffected 1782951012 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2unaffected 1782951244 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Discovery 2unaffected 1782159791 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Discovery 2unaffected 1782166952 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Imagesunaffected 3.8.13-1.hum1 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4unaffected 1790703542 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1781525684 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1781525671 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1781525693 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1781525739 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1787241211 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1787135742 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5unaffected 1787241260 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6unaffected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7unaffected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4unaffected

CWE

CWE-170

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.

redhat-SADP

A flaw was found in gnutls. Servers configured with RSA-PSK (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman – Pre-Shared Key) wrongfully matched usernames containing a NUL character with truncated usernames. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted username, leading to an authentication bypass. This vulnerability allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access by circumventing the authentication process.