Improper Certificate Validation Affecting gnutls package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-GNUTLS-20883345
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-88647  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for gnutls.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation via improper hostname verification in the certificate validation process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information by presenting a crafted certificate that bypasses the Common Name fallback check, allowing interception or eavesdropping on encrypted network communications.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1