CVE-2026-42010

critical

Description

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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74674

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67857

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65839

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62409

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60019

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59831

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57483

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56853

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41921

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40762

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36006

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36005

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36004

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34790

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34788

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34764

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33125

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32962

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30850

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30849

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-07

Updated: 2026-10-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0105