Infinite loop Affecting glib-networking package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GLIBNETWORKING-17111878
  • published31 May 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-10028  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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 Infinite loop via the certificate validation process when handling a crafted certificate chain containing a circular issuer relationship. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption and application freeze by tricking a user or client to connect to a malicious server presenting such a certificate chain.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1