Use After Free Affecting gnutls package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-GNUTLS-16964220
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed29 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-42014  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the gnutls_pkcs11_token_set_pin function. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by triggering a use-after-free condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1