CVE-2026-5260
Gnutls: gnutls: information disclosure via heap overread in rsa key exchange
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 59th percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
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.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 59th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
19 events over 121 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
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Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Operating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceOperating Systems / linux-distro
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsOperating Systems / linux-distro
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Scored 8.2 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612
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