Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-5260Gnutls: gnutls: information disclosure via heap overread in rsa key exchange

High 8.2

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 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

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-2026-5260
Alpine:v3.21gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-5260
Alpine:v3.22gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-5260
Alpine:v3.23gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-5260
Alpine:v3.24gnutls3.8.13-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-5260
Debian:12gnutls283.7.9-2+deb12u7DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5260
Debian:13gnutls283.8.9-3+deb13u4DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5260
Debian:14gnutls283.8.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5260
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-2026-5260
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgnutls283.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6UBUNTU-CVE-2026-5260
Ubuntu:25.10gnutls283.8.9-3ubuntu2.2UBUNTU-CVE-2026-5260
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgnutls283.8.12-2ubuntu1.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-5260

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
gnutls 0
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 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
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 see references

Weakness: CWE-126 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

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