RHEL 8 : gnutls (RHSA-2026:20611)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 317046

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gnutls.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:20611 advisory.

Please update the gnutls packages to provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS.

Security Fix(es):
* gnutls: Add more checks to DTLS reassembly (CVE-2026-33846)
* gnutls: Fix qsort comparator in DTLS reassembly (CVE-2026-42009)
* gnutls: Fix crashing on an underflow with a DTLS datagram (CVE-2026-33845)
* gnutls: Fix RSA-PSK identity truncation (CVE-2026-42010)
* gnutls: Fix case-sensitivity of domain name comparison in name constraints (CVE-2026-3833)
* gnutls: Fix intersecting empty constraints (CVE-2026-42011)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL gnutls package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:20611.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 317046

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-20611.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/27/2026

Updated: 5/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42010

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33845, CVE-2026-33846, CVE-2026-3833, CVE-2026-42009, CVE-2026-42010, CVE-2026-42011, CVE-2026-42012, CVE-2026-42013, CVE-2026-42014, CVE-2026-42015, CVE-2026-5260

CWE: 1284, 130, 178, 191, 193, 295, 475

RHSA: 2026:20611

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