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Vulnerability · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-33845Gnutls: gnutls: denial of service via dtls zero-length fragment

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in gnutls. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw in GnuTLS DTLS handshake parsing allows malformed fragments with zero length and non-zero offset, leading to an integer underflow during reassembly and resulting in an out-of-bounds read. This issue is remotely exploitable and may cause information disclosure or denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10gnutls3.8.10-4.el10_2ALSA-2026:20613
AlmaLinux:8gnutls3.6.16-8.el8_10.6ALSA-2026:20611
AlmaLinux:9gnutls3.8.10-4.el9_8ALSA-2026:20612
AlmaLinux:10gnutls-c++3.8.10-4.el10_2ALSA-2026:20613
AlmaLinux:8gnutls-c++3.6.16-8.el8_10.6ALSA-2026:20611
AlmaLinux:9gnutls-c++3.8.10-4.el9_8ALSA-2026:20612
AlmaLinux:10gnutls-dane3.8.10-4.el10_2ALSA-2026:20613
AlmaLinux:8gnutls-dane3.6.16-8.el8_10.6ALSA-2026:20611
AlmaLinux:9gnutls-dane3.8.10-4.el9_8ALSA-2026:20612
AlmaLinux:10gnutls-devel3.8.10-4.el10_2ALSA-2026:20613
AlmaLinux:8gnutls-devel3.6.16-8.el8_10.6ALSA-2026:20611
AlmaLinux:9gnutls-devel3.8.10-4.el9_8ALSA-2026:20612
AlmaLinux:10gnutls-fips3.8.10-4.el10_2ALSA-2026:20613
AlmaLinux:10gnutls-utils3.8.10-4.el10_2ALSA-2026:20613
AlmaLinux:8gnutls-utils3.6.16-8.el8_10.6ALSA-2026:20611
AlmaLinux:9gnutls-utils3.8.10-4.el9_8ALSA-2026:20612
Alpine:v3.20gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33845
Alpine:v3.21gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33845
Alpine:v3.22gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33845
Alpine:v3.23gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33845
Alpine:v3.24gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33845
Debian:12gnutls283.7.9-2+deb12u7DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33845
Debian:13gnutls283.8.9-3+deb13u4DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33845
Debian:14gnutls283.8.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33845
Rocky Linux:10gnutls0:3.8.10-4.el10_2RLSA-2026:20613
Rocky Linux:8gnutls0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6RLSA-2026:20611
Rocky Linux:9gnutls0:3.8.10-4.el9_8RLSA-2026:20612
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgnutls283.7.3-4ubuntu1.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33845
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgnutls283.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33845
Ubuntu:25.10gnutls283.8.9-3ubuntu2.2UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33845
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgnutls283.8.12-2ubuntu1.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33845

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
gnutls 0 – before 3.8.13
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 see references

Weakness: CWE-191 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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