Vulnerability · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-67693
Low 3.7
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in the gnutls28 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
GnuTLS v3.8.13 does not reject end-entity X.509 certificates that contain a contradictory combination of Key Usage (KU) and Extended Key Usage (EKU). NOTE: the Supplier does not consider this an actionable security vulnerability because of its "threat model doesn't consider attacks only possible by modifying anything within the trust boundary (private keys, trusted certificate authorities and their issued certificates including intermediate CAs, etc.)" policy.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gnutls28 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67693 |
| Debian:13 | gnutls28 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67693 |
| Debian:14 | gnutls28 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67693 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gnutls28 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67693 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gnutls28 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67693 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | gnutls28 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67693 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | gnutls28 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67693 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/blob/3.8.13/lib/x509/verify.c#L1119-1178
- https://gist.github.com/lkloliver/6fbfc191bc6163942c8017551ac3f238
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/work_items/1642
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/work_items/1965
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/blob/e2169a87c7fb91935c2845088204b102baed4c5f/SECURITY.md
- https://github.com/lkloliver/poc/tree/main/CVE-2026-67693