CVE-2026-5260
Published: May 3, 2026Last modified: May 11, 2026
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.2 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | LOW |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | gnutls | Fixed (3.8.13-r0) |
| 25 LTS | gnutls | Fixed (3.8.13-r0) | |
| Stream | gnutls | Fixed (3.8.13-r0) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30849
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30850
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32962
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33125
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41921
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5260
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467450
- https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2026-04-29-10